Guifeng Zongmi
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Guifeng Zongmi was a Tang dynasty Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar who is considered a patriarch of both the Huayan school and Chan Buddhism. Zongmi wrote a number of works on several Mahayana Sutras
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Liao dynasty statue of the Eleven Headed Guanyin in Dule Temple in Tianjin, China.
The Zhongnan Mountains
Potrait of Guifeng Zongmi (Japanese: Keihō Shūmitsu) from the Kegon-affifiated temple of Tōdai-ji in Nara, Japan. 15th century.
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The Huayan school of Buddhism is a Mahayana Buddhist tradition that developed in China during the Tang dynasty. The Huayan worldview is based primarily on the Buddhāvataṃsaka Sūtra as well as on the w
Guifeng Zongmi
…pronunciation: Keihō Shūmitsu) (780–1 February 841) was a Tang dynasty Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar who is considered a patriarch of both the Huayan school and Chan Buddhism. Zongmi wrote a number of works on several Mahayana Sutras, Chan and Huayan, and he also discussed Taoism and Confucianism…
The Three Worthies of Huayan (Manjushri (left), Vairocana (center), and Samantabhadra (right)), a triad venerated in Huayan – Dazu Rock Carvings, Chongqing, China
Aerial view of Huayan Temple, Datong, built during the Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
13th century Japanese print of Fazang, Todaiji, Nara, Japan