Lineage of Guishan Daan
Dharma transmission
Lineage of Guishan Daan
12 teachers and ancestors, 1 students and descendants traced through transmission.
Guishan Daan stands 37 generations from Shakyamuni Buddha in the Nanyue line line, receiving transmission from Baizhang Huaihai. The line above runs back through Dajian Huineng, Nanyue Huairang, Mazu Daoyi and their predecessors to Shakyamuni Buddha.
This line belongs to Nanyue line. Every name below links to that master’s own record, with the sources for each transmission.
Line of succession to Guishan Daan
The single line of formal transmission, root first. Where a master had several teachers this follows the one carrying the succession; the fuller set of ancestors is listed below.
- Shakyamuni Buddha
- Mahakashyapa
- Ananda
- Shanakavasa
- Upagupta
- Dhritaka
- Michaka
- Vasumitra
- Buddhanandi
- Buddhamitra
- Parshva
- Punyayashas
- Ashvaghosha
- Kapimala
- Nagarjuna
- Aryadeva
- Rahulata
- Sanghanandi
- Gayashata
- Kumarata
- Jayata
- Vasubandhu
- Manorhita
- Haklena
- Simha
- Vasasita
- Punyamitra
- Prajnatara
- Bodhidharma
- Dazu Huike
- Jianzhi Sengcan
- Dayi Daoxin
- Daman Hongren
- Dajian Huineng
- Nanyue Huairang
- Mazu Daoyi
- Baizhang Huaihai
- Guishan Daan