Chuanxin fayao

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Chuanxin fayao. (J. Denshinhōyō; K. Chŏnsim pŏbyo 傳心法要). “Essential Teachings on the Transmission of the Mind”.[1] Also known as Huangboshan duanji chanshi chuanxin fayao (黃檗山斷際禪師傳心法要).

The collected teachings of Chan master Huangbo Xiyun. Compiled by the lay practitioner-scholar Pei Xiu (裴休).[2]

Pei Xiu was a minister of state for Tang dynasty. He is said to have recorded the lectures delivered by Huangbo at the monasteries of Longxingsi and Kaiyuansi, and edited his notes together as the Chuanxin fayao and Wanling lu ("Record of Wan-ling").[1]

The central tenet of the Chuanxin fayao is the teaching of the “one mind” (yixin).[1]

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