Xianglin Chengyuan

Dates uncertain

Lineage of Xianglin Chengyuan Guiyang school

Xianglin Chengyuan 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 · enXianglin Chengyuan

alias · enHsiang-lin Ch'êng-yüan

alias · enKyôrin Chôon

Disciples of Xianglin Chengyuan 2 named

Xingyang Qingpouprimary · Dates uncertain
Zhimen Guangzuoprimary · Dates uncertain

Teachers and lineage of Xianglin Chengyuan

Teacher / root master:

Yunmen WenyanRoot teacher / master · 864 – 949

Full lineage of Xianglin Chengyuan →

Teachings

dialogueThe Meaning of Bodhidharma's Coming from the West
(traditional attribution)
A monk asked Xianglin, "What is the meaning of the patriarch's coming from the West?" Xianglin said, "Sitting for a long time becomes toilsome."
Xianglin Chengyuan

Other masters in Guiyang

Master Record Sources

nameChart of the Chan Ancestors
Xianglin Chengyuan
Reliability: scholarly
schoolChart of the Chan Ancestors
Guiyang
Reliability: scholarly
koan_refsChart of the Chan Ancestors
17
Reliability: scholarly
nameZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Xianglin Chengyuan
Reliability: editorial
teachersZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Yunmen Wenyan
Reliability: editorial