Dazu Huike
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Dazu Huike is considered the Second Patriarch of Chan Buddhism and the twenty-ninth since Gautama Buddha. He was the successor to Bodhidharma.
Huike Thinking by Chinese Song dynasty painter Shi Ke (10th century)
Huike Offering His Arm to Bodhidharma (1496) by Sesshū
Chan Buddhism
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Chan, from Sanskrit dhyāna, is a Mahāyāna Chinese Buddhist tradition. It developed in China from the 6th century CE onwards, becoming especially popular during the Tang and Song dynasties. By the Ming
Dazu Huike
…Huike (487–593; Chinese: 大祖慧可; pinyin: Dàzǔ Huìkě; Wade–Giles: Ta-tsu Hui-k'o; Japanese pronunciation: Taiso Eka) is considered the Second Patriarch of Chan Buddhism and the twenty-ninth since Gautama Buddha. He was the successor to Bodhidharma. As with most of the early Chán patriarchs, very little firm data is…
Liao dynasty statue of the Eleven Headed Guanyin in Dule Temple in Tianjin, China.
The Chinese character for Buddha, fó on a temple
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