Difference between revisions of "Huiyan"
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+ | |BnwShortPersonBio=A disciple of Kumārajīva and a translator of Buddhist scriptures in China. Together with Hui-kuan and Hsieh Ling-yün, he revised the forty-volume ''Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra'', the Chinese translation by [Dharmakṣema], in light of the ''Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra'' translated by Fa-hsien and Buddhabhadra. He produced this revision as thirty-six volume ''Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra'' in 436. ([https://www.nichirenlibrary.org/en/dic/Content/H/79 Source Accessed Aug 20, 2020]) | ||
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Revision as of 12:41, 20 August 2020
English Phonetics | Huiyan |
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Chinese Script | 慧厳 |
Japanese Transliteration | Egon |
Alternate names
- Hui-yen
Dates
Birth: | 363 |
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Death: | 443 |
Tibetan calendar dates
About
- Teachers
- Kumārajīva
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Buddha Nature Project
- Person description or short bio
- A disciple of Kumārajīva and a translator of Buddhist scriptures in China. Together with Hui-kuan and Hsieh Ling-yün, he revised the forty-volume Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, the Chinese translation by [Dharmakṣema], in light of the Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra translated by Fa-hsien and Buddhabhadra. He produced this revision as thirty-six volume Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra in 436. (Source Accessed Aug 20, 2020)
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All beings have Buddha-nature | |
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Which Wheel Turning | |
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Yogācāra vs Madhyamaka | |
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Zhentong vs Rangtong | |
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Promotes how many vehicles? | |
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Analytic vs Meditative Tradition | |
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What is Buddha-nature? | |
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Svātantrika (རང་རྒྱུད་) vs Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་པ་) | |
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