Lineage of Yuezhou Qianfeng
Dharma transmission
Lineage of Yuezhou Qianfeng
12 teachers and ancestors, 0 students and descendants traced through transmission.
Yuezhou Qianfeng stands 39 generations from Shakyamuni Buddha in the Yunmen line, receiving transmission from Dongshan Liangjie (807–869). The line above runs back through Shitou Xiqian, Yaoshan Weiyan, Yunyan Tansheng and their predecessors to Shakyamuni Buddha.
This line belongs to Yunmen. Every name below links to that master’s own record, with the sources for each transmission.
Line of succession to Yuezhou Qianfeng
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
- Yaoshan Weiyan
- Yunyan Tansheng
- Dongshan Liangjie
- Yuezhou Qianfeng