Philosopher
Mazu Daoyi
Overview
Mazu Daoyi (709–788) (Chinese: 馬祖道一; pinyin: Mǎzǔ Dàoyī; Wade–Giles: Ma-tsu Tao-yi, Japanese: Baso Dōitsu) was an influential abbot of Chan/Zen Buddhism during the Tang dynasty. He is known as the founder of the Hongzhou school of Chan. The earliest recorded use of the term "Chan school" is from his Extensive Records.
He is most famously known for his two teaching statements: "This Mind is Buddha" (ji xin shi fo 即心是佛) and "Ordinary Mind is the Way."
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Philosophers who discussed Mazu Daoyi
Ideas Mazu Daoyi discusses
- Emperor Wuzong of Tang
- Rinzai school
- Sudden awakening
- Two truths doctrine
- Hinayana
- Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana
- Samadhi
- Linji school
- Linji Yixuan
- Koan
- Sōtō
- Tiyong
- Shenhui
- Blue Cliff Record
- Huayan
- Guifeng Zongmi
- Dhyana in Buddhism
- Platform Sutra
- Zen
- Taoism
- Chan Buddhism
- Hongzhou school
- Tang dynasty
- Huangbo Xiyun
Place in the tradition
Part of Timeline of Eastern philosophers.