Dayi Daoxin | |
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Title | Fourth Chan Patriarch Dayi (Great Healer) |
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Born | 580 |
Died | 651 East Mountain Temple, Shuangfeng |
Religion | Buddhism |
School | Early Chan, East Mountain Teachings |
Senior posting | |
Predecessor | Jianzhi Sengcan |
Successor | Daman Hongren |
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Dayi Daoxin (Chinese: 大毉道信; Pinyin: Dàyī Dàoxìn; Wade–Giles: Ta-i Tao-hsin; Rōmaji: Daii Dōshin), who lived from 580 to 651, was the fourth Chán Buddhist Patriarch, following Jianzhi Sengcan (Chinese: 鑑智僧璨; Pīnyīn: Jiànzhì Sēngcàn; Wade–Giles: Chien-chih Seng-ts'an; Rōmaji: Kanchi Sōsan) and preceding Daman Hongren (Chinese: 弘忍; Pinyin: Hóngrěn; Wade–Giles: Hung2-jen3; Rōmaji: Kōnin/Gunin; Korean romanization: Hong'in).
The earliest mention of Daoxin is in the "Further Biographies of Eminent Monks" (Chinese: 續高僧傳; Pīnyīn: Xù Gāosēng Zhuàn; Wade–Giles: Hsü Kao-seng Chuan; Rōmaji: Zoku Kosoden) by Tao-hsuan (d. 667). A later source, the "Annals of the Transmission of the Dharma-treasure" (Chinese: 傳法寶記; Pīnyīn: Chuánfǎ Bǎojì; Wade–Giles: Ch'üanfa Paochi) written around 712, gives further details of Daoxin's life.[1] As with many of the very earliest Chan masters, the accuracy of the historical record is questionable and in some cases, contradictory in details.[2] The following biography is the traditional story of Daoxin, culled from various sources, including the "Compendium of Five Lamps" (Chinese: 五燈會元; Pīnyīn: Wǔdēng Huìyuán), compiled in the early thirteenth century by the monk Dachuan Lingyin Puji (1179–1253).