Chan Buddhism

Definition

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 and Qing dynasties, it had become one of the most influential forms of Buddhism practiced in China. In contemporary times, it remains one of the most prominent traditions of Chinese Buddhist practice in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and overseas Chinese communities.

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Laicism Laity Lakota religion Lama Laozi Large Prajñāpāramitā Sūtras Latin Church Latvian mythology Layman Pang Laymen's Home Missionary Movement Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra Lenape mythology Lengqie shizi ji Li Mei-shu Li Tongxuan Li Zhi (philosopher)Liangshan Yuanguan Life of Buddha in art Life release Lin'an Prefecture Lineage (Buddhism)Lingayats Lingyin Temple Linji Yixuan Linji school List of American Buddhists List of British Buddhists List of Buddhas List of Buddhist architecture in China List of Buddhist festivals List of Buddhist temples List of Buddhist temples in Malaysia List of Buddhist temples in Singapore List of Buddhist temples in Taiwan List of Buddhists List of Christian denominations List of Korean Buddhists List of Marathi Buddhists List of bodhisattvas List of founders of religious traditions List of largest peaceful gatherings List of modern pagan movements List of new religious movements List of people who have been considered deities List of places where Gautama Buddha 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Shizhongshan Grottoes Shodo Harada Shugendō Shuilu Fahui Shuilu ritual paintings Shunryū Suzuki Shurangama Mantra Shurangama Sutra Shōbōgenzō Shōhaku Okumura Shōkū Sichuan Siddhi Sik Kok Kwong Sikhism Silent illumination Silk Road transmission of Buddhism Silla Siming Zhili Simplified Chinese characters Simran Singapore Buddhist Lodge Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism Sino-Xenic vocabularies Sinosphere Sioux Six Dynasties Six Paths Skanda (Buddhism)Skandha Slavic Native Faith Slavic paganism Smarta tradition Sociology of religion Soen Nakagawa Sokei-an Somali mythology Song Lian Song Yun Song dynasty Song of Enlightenment Song of the Precious Mirror Samadhi Songgwangsa Songtsen Gampo Soteriology Soto Zen Buddhist Association Sotāpanna Soul Sounding stone South India Southern, Eastern and Northern Buddhism Southern Esoteric Buddhism Southern Tang Southern and Northern Dynasties Soyen Shaku Spirit tablet Spiritual Christianity Spiritualism (movement)Spirituality Sri Vaishnavism Standard Chinese Standard Design for Buddhist Temple Construction State religion Stephen Prothero Steven Heine Stopping thought Stupa Su Manshu Subh-i-Azal Subhūti Subitism Subud Sudden awakening Sufism Sui dynasty Sumerian religion Sun Dance Sunda Wiwitan Sunni Islam Supernatural Susiddhikara Sūtra Sutra Sutra copying Sutra of Forty-two Chapters Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment Suzuki Shōsan Svasaṃvedana Swaminarayan Sampradaya Swastika Syncretism Sámi shamanism Sādhu (Pali word)Sōji-ji Sōtō Sōyū Matsuoka Sūtra of Perfect Enlightenment Table of prophets of Abrahamic religions Taego Bou Taego Order Tagalog religion Tai folk religion Tai peoples Taigen Dan Leighton Taisen Deshimaru Taishō Tripiṭaka Taiwan Taixu Taizan Maezumi Taking refuge Talmage, California Tambor de Mina Tan-luan Tang dynasty Tantra Tanxu Tao Tao Sheng Taoism Tara (Buddhism)Tassajara Zen Mountain Center Tathāgata Tathāgatagarbha sūtras Tathātā Tattvasiddhi Śāstra Taṇhā Temple of the Tooth Ten Bulls Ten Small Mantras Ten Stages Sutra Ten principal disciples Ten realms Tendai Tengrism Tenrikyo Tenryū-ji Tensegrity (Castaneda)Terma (religion)Tertön Thai temple art and architecture Thang Tong Gyalpo Thangka The Amitāyus Sutra The Buddha The Christian Community The Collation and Annotation of Saṃyuktāgama The Eight Great Events in the Life of Buddha The Gateless Barrier The Gateless Gate The Jingde Record of the Transmission of the Lamp The New Church (Swedenborgian)The Way of Zen The unanswerable questions Theism Thelema Theocracy Theology Theories about religion Theosophy Theravada Thiền Thracian religion Three marks of existence Threefold Training Throssel Hole Buddhist Abbey Thích Nhất Hạnh Thích Thanh Từ Thích Thiên-Ân Tianjin Tianlongshan Grottoes Tianru Weize Tiantai Tiantai Mountain Tiantishan Caves Tiantong Rujing Tiantong Zongjue Tianwang Dian Tianxi Shoudeng Tibetan Buddhism Tibetan Buddhist architecture Tibetan Buddhist canon Tibetan Empire Tibeto-Burman languages Timeline of Buddhism Timeline of religion Tiyong Toleration Tolstoyan movement Tongan Daopi Tongan Guanzhi Tongan religion Tonglen Toni Packer Touzi Yiqing Traditional Berber religion Traditional Chinese characters Traditional Chinese medicine Traditional Chinese roofing Traditional Sabahan religions Traditional narratives of Indigenous Californians Trailokya Transcendental Meditation Transfer of merit Transgender people and religion Transtheism Trikaya Trinidad Orisha Tripiṭaka Triṃśikā-vijñaptimātratā Trúc Lâm Trúc Lâm Monastery of Da Lat Trần Nhân Tông Trần Thái Tông Tsimshian mythology Tukdam Tulku Tumbuka mythology Tungusic creation myth Turkic mythology Turning the light around Twelver Shi'ism Twenty-two vows of Ambedkar Two Entrances and Four Practices Two truths doctrine Tzu Chi Tzu Chi Foundation Tzu Chi Singapore Tōfuku-ji UFO religion Udmurt Vos Ukiah, California Umbanda Unitarian Universalism Unitarianism Universal White Brotherhood Universalism University of Massachusetts Press Unsui Upasaka Wen Shu Upaya Upekṣā Uposatha Uppalavanna Upādāna Upāli Upāsaka and Upāsikā Uralic neopaganism Urartu Urhobo people Ute mythology Uṣṇīṣa Vijaya Dhāraṇī Uṣṇīṣa Vijaya Dhāraṇī Sūtra Vainakh religion Vaishnavism Vajrabodhi Vajracharya Vajrapani Vajrasattva Vajrasekhara Sutra Vajrayana Vassa Vasubandhu Vattisen Yaly Vedda Vegetarianism and religion Vesak Vietnamese Thiền Vietnamese alphabet Vietnamese folk religion Vietnamese language Vihāra Vijñāna Vimalakirti Sutra Vinaya Vinītaruci Vipassana movement Vipassanā Vīrya Vạn Hạnh Vạn Hạnh Monastery Waaqeffanna Wabunowin Wade–Giles Wahhabism Waldensians Walking meditation Wansong Xingxiu

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