Lineage of Yantou Quanhuo
Dharma transmission
Lineage of Yantou Quanhuo
12 teachers and ancestors, 3 students and descendants traced through transmission.
Yantou Quanhuo stands 39 generations from Shakyamuni Buddha in the Qingyuan line line, receiving transmission from Deshan Xuanjian (782–865). The line above runs back through Shitou Xiqian, Tianhuang Daowu, Longtan Chongxin and their predecessors to Shakyamuni Buddha.
This line belongs to Qingyuan line. Every name below links to that master’s own record, with the sources for each transmission.
Line of succession to Yantou Quanhuo
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
- Qingyuan Xingsi
- Shitou Xiqian
- Tianhuang Daowu
- Longtan Chongxin
- Deshan Xuanjian
- Yantou Quanhuo