Daman Hongren

Hongren
Title5th Chan Patriarch
Personal
Born601
Died
674
ReligionBuddhism
NationalityChinese
SchoolEast Mountain Teaching of Chan Buddhism
Senior posting
PredecessorDayi Daoxin
SuccessorHuineng

Hongren (Chinese: 弘忍; pinyin: Hóngrěn; Wade–Giles: Hung2-jen3, 601–674), posthumous name Daman, was the 5th Patriarch of Chan Buddhism (Chinese: 禪宗五祖).

Hongren is said to have received Dharma transmission from Dayi Daoxin and passed on the symbolic bowl and robe of transmission to Huineng, the Sixth and last Chan Patriarch.