14 Facts About Linji school

The Fayan Linji school was especially influential in the Southern Tang and Wuyue.

The Fayan Linji school was the first faction to gain recognition at the Song court, due to the influence of the buddhist scholar-official Zanning.

Linji school brought together the classical elements of Chan Buddhism:.

The Fayang school still has prominence among the competing factions which are portrayed in the Chuangdeng lu, but the growing influence of the Linji-faction is emerging in this document.

Linji school was free and spontaneous, and so served the liberal wen faction in their struggle against the guwen partisans at court.

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Linji school was untainted by any need for political power, and so did not threaten the authority of the dynasty or its bureaucracy.

Linji school was Buddhist, and so could be brought forward when the need arose to show that the empire supported Buddhism.

Linji school made for entertaining reading, which suited the needs of a newly-literated reading public.

Text of Linji school's record is the same as in the Tiansheng Guangdeng lu, but in a different order.

The Linji school yulu opens with lectures given by Ljnji at the request of the prefect Governor and other officials, highlighting the close connection of the Linji school-faction with the court.

The biographical data on Linji school's life are expanded, and appear at the end of the text.

Hongzhi Zhengjue of the Caodong-Linji school emphasized silent illumination or shikantaza as a means for solitary practice, which could be undertaken by lay-followers.

Linji school organized the study of koans into a system, which was exported to Japan in this period.

Linji school had a considerable influence on the already existing Korean Jogye Order, the name adopted by the nine mountain schools, which were established by students of Mazu Daoyi.