Lengqie shizi ji
Lengqie shizi ji. (J. Ryōga shishiki; K. Nŭngga saja ki 楞伽師資). “Records of the Masters and Disciples of the Laṅkāvatāra”. A genealogical anthology associated with the Northern school (Bei zong) of the early Chan tradition, compiled by Jingjue (683–c. 760).[1] The Lengqie shizi ji contains the biographies and sayings of eight generations of masters (twenty-four in total), who received the “transmission of the lamp” (chuandeng) as patriarchs in the Chan school.[1]
The transmission narrative presented in this text differs markedly from that found in the Platform Sutra, which became normative in the mature Chan tradition. In the Lenqi shizi ji, the recipients of the special transmission of the Chan teachings belong instead to the Northern school.[1]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. Lengqie shizi ji.
Sources
Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University
