Zhiyi

Zhiyi on the DRL

Classical Chinese Authors • Ordained (Monks and Nuns)

English Phonetics	Zhiyi
Chinese Script	智顗
Chinese Transliteration	Zhìyǐ
Japanese Transliteration	Tendai Chigi
Korean Script	지의
Korean Transliteration	Ch’ǒnt’ae Chiǔi

Alternate names

• Śramaṇa Zhiyi (Ch. 沙門智顗)
• Chen De'an (陳德安)
• Master Tiantai(天台大師)
• Master Zhizhe(智者大師)

Dates

Birth:	538
Death:	597
Place of birth:	Gong'an County, Hubei, China

Tibetan calendar dates

Dates of birth

Day	16
Month	2
Gender
Element
Animal
Rab Jyung

Dates of passing

Day	3
Month	8
Gender
Element
Animal
Rab Jyung

About

Religious Affiliation

Tiantai

Teachers

Faxu (法緒) · Huikuang (慧曠) · Nanyue Huisi

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Links

Wiki Pages

• Zhiyi on the DRL
• Zhiyi on the LIB
• Zhiyi on the BNW

Buddha Nature Project

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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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Causal nature of the vajrapāda
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Refers to something that is taught for a specific reason, rather than because it is entirely true.

Along with Madhyamaka, it was one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Asaṅga and Vasubandhu around the fourth century CE, many of its central tenets have roots in the Saṃdhinirmocanasūtra and the so-called third turning of the dharma wheel (see tridharmacakrapravartana).

Along with Yogācāra, it is one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Nāgārjuna around the second century CE, it is rooted in the Prajñāpāramitā Sūtras, though its initial exposition was presented in Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā.

The state of being devoid of that which is wholly different rather than being void of its own nature. The term is generally used to refer to the ultimate, or buddha-nature, being empty of other phenomena such as adventitious defiling emotions but not empty of its true nature.

The state of being empty of self, which references the lack of inherent existence in relative phenomena.

Tsen Khawoche's "meditative tradition" of exegesis of the Uttaratantra; it is one of two major Tibetan traditions of exegesis, both stemming from students of Sajjana.