Introduction To Hua-Yen Buddhism - 2 - Lineage

The Hua-yen teachings were originally projected in the Chinese field largely through the works of five eminent monks who are known as the founders or patriarchs of the Hua-yen school:

Tu Shun (557-640):

Contemplation of the Realm of Reality (Fa-chieh kuan)

Mysteries of the Realm of Reality of the Hua-yen

Cessation and Contemplation in the Five Teachings of the Hua-yen

Ten Mysterious Gates of the Unitary Vehicle of the Hua-yen

(Hua-yen i-ch'eng shih hsuan men)

Chih-yen (600-668):

Record of Searches into the Mysteries of the Hua-yen Scripture

Fifty Essential Questions and Answers on the Hua-yen

Fa-tsang (643-712):

Treatise on the Golden Lion

Record of Investigation into the Mysteries of the Hua-yen Scripture

Forest of Topics in the Hua-yen (Hua-yen ts'e lin)

Treatise on the Divisions of Doctrine in the Unitary Vehicle of the Hua-yen

Treatise on the Five Teachings (Wu chiao chang)

Record of Musings on the Realm of the Teaching of the Hua-yen

Record of Doctrines Forming the Pulse of the Hua-yen Scripture

Treatise on Development of the Will for Enlightenment According to the Hua-yen

Treatise on the Three Treasures Established in the Book on Clarification of Method

A Hundred Gates of the Ocean of Meanings in the Hua-yen Scripture

Cultivation of Contemplation of the Inner Meaning of the Hua-yen:

The Ending of Delusion and Return to the Source

Cheng-kuan (738-839 or 760-820):

Eighteen Questions and Answers on the 'Entry into the Realm of Reality'

Explanations of Verses on the Seven Locations and Nine Assemblies

Contemplation of the Five Clusters (Wu yun kuan)

Contemplation of the Merging of the Three Sages

Teaching of the Mind Essentials of the Hua-yen

Tsung-mi (780-841):

Comprehensive Introduction to a Collection of Expositions of the Sources of Ch'an

Commentary on Yuan-chiao ching, Scripture on Complete Enlightenment

Study of the Basis of Man (Taoist, Confucian, and Buddhist teachings)

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