TY - JOUR
TI - Methodological Implications of the Influence of Zhiyi’s Meditation Manuals on the Development of Chan Buddhism
AU - Nowak, Kamil
TI - Methodological Implications of the Influence of Zhiyi’s Meditation Manuals on the Development of Chan Buddhism
AB - 
	
		The paper elaborates on the meaning of the meditation techniques described by Zhiyi in the field of Chan Buddhist studies. In order to show the importance of considering these techniques in the study of Chan Buddhism, in the first part of the paper the author discusses the historical connections between the Tiantai and Chan schools, presenting the influence of Tiantai on the development of Chan Buddhism. In the second part the author presents a contextual analysis of the main meditation practice of the Caodong school, that is silent illumination technique, based on the technique described by Zhiyi and called six wondrous dharma gates. The aim of the analysis is the show the usefulness of considering Zhiyi’s works in Chan studies methodology. This usefulness results from the ability to clarify the obscure, metaphor-laden, poetical sentences typical of Chan, based on Zhiyi’s precise language.

VL - 2016
IS - Volume 49 Issue 3
PY - 2016
SN - 0137-2432
C1 - 2084-4077
SP - 251
EP - 262
DO - 10.4467/20844077SR.16.017.5875
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studia-religiologica/article/metodologiczne-implikacje-wplywu-traktatow-medytacyjnych-zhiyi-na-rozwoj-buddyzmu-chan
KW - Buddhism
KW - Chan
KW - Tiantai
KW - Zhiyi
KW - Hongzhi
KW - silent illumination
KW - meditation
KW - methodology