Dongshan Liangjie (807–869) (Chinese: 洞山良价; pinyin: Dòngshān Liángjiè; Wade–Giles: Tung-shan Liang-chieh; Japanese: Tōzan Ryōkai; Korean: Tongsan Lianggye; Vietnamese: Động Sơn Lương Giới) was a Chan Buddhist monk of the Tang dynasty. He founded the Caodong school (Chinese: 曹洞宗), which was transmitted to Japan in the thirteenth century (Song-Yuan era) by Dōgen and developed into the Sōtō school of Zen.
The Song of the Precious Mirror Samadhi has been attributed to him by the Chinese tradition. However, modern scholars now argue that there is no evidence for this and that this text first appears in the 12th century.[1]
^Schlütter, Morten (2010), How Zen Became Zen: The Dispute Over Enlightenment and the Formation of Chan Buddhism in Song-Dynasty China, University of Hawaii Press, pp. 158, 230, ISBN 978-0-8248-3508-8
theory of the Fourfold Dharmadhatu can be seen in the Five Ranks of DongshanLiangjie (806–869), the founder of the Caodong lineage of Chan. The idea of...
after DongshanLiangjie's death. Huihong, however, does not attribute the poem to Dongshan. He writes instead that the poem was given to Dongshan by his...
which formed the basis for the Song of the Precious Mirror Samadhi of DongshanLiangjie (Jp. Tōzan Ryōkan) and the teaching of the Five Ranks. During 845–846...
[citation needed] The Caodong school was founded by DongshanLiangjie and his Dharma-heir Caoshan Benji. Dongshan traced back his lineage to Shitou Xiqian (700–790)...
Dongshan Shouchu (Chinese: 洞山守初; Wade–Giles: Tung-shan Shou-ch'u; Japanese: Tozan Shusho) (died 900) was a Chinese Zen teacher and an heir to Yunmen Wenyan...
kind of defilement". Hakuin found the study and understanding of DongshanLiangjie's (Jp. Tōzan Ryōkan) Five Ranks highly useful in post-satori practice...
or not?" Master replied, "Mount Sumeru!" A monk asked Dongshan Shouchu, "What is Buddha?" Dongshan said, "Three pounds of flax." This is a fragment of case...
Shítóu's retrospective prominence owes much to the importance of DongshanLiangjie, a 9th-century teacher who traced his lineage back to Shítóu. Traditionally...
Samadhi. This work is attributed to the Chinese Caodong (Sōtō) monk DongshanLiangjie (Japanese: Tōzan Ryōkan), who lived during the end of the Tang dynasty...
before finally taking on DongshanLiangjie as his teacher on Mount Dong. After receiving dharma transmission from Dongshan, he went to a place called...
Shítóu's retrospective prominence owes much to the importance of DongshanLiangjie, a 9th-century teacher who traced his lineage back to Shítóu. Sandokai...
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