Cizhou Faru

Dates uncertain

Lineage of Cizhou Faru Early Chan school

Cizhou Faru is recorded in the historiography of the late-Tang / Song-period Chan transmission network as a transmission figure in its lineage. The surviving record preserves his place in the line; little distinctive doctrinal material from his teaching is preserved in modern scholarship^[1].

Names

dharma · enCizhou Faru

alias · enJishû Hônyo

alias · enTs'ü-chou Fa-ju

Teachers and lineage of Cizhou Faru

Teacher / root master:

Daman HongrenRoot teacher / master · 602 – 675

Full lineage of Cizhou Faru →

Other masters in Early Chan

Dazu Huike487 – 593
Mahasattva Fu497 – 569
Dayi Daoxin580 – 651
Daman Hongren602 – 675
Yuquan Shenxiu606 – 706
Zizhou Zhishen609 – 702

Master Record Sources

nameChart of the Chan Ancestors
Cizhou Faru
Reliability: scholarly
schoolChart of the Chan Ancestors
Qingyuan line
Reliability: scholarly
nameZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Cizhou Faru
Reliability: editorial
teachersZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Daman Hongren
Reliability: editorial