10 Facts About Zen scriptures

Subsequently, the Zen tradition produced a rich corpus of written literature which has become a part of its practice and teaching, including the Platform Sutra, lineage charts, collected sayings of Zen-masters, and the koan-literature.

Unsui, Zen scriptures-monks, "are expected to become familiar with the classics of the Zen scriptures canon".

Zen scriptures became famous for burning his commentaries on the Diamond sutra, when he realized that his attachment to these commentaries had become a stumbling block on his way to gaining insight.

Nevertheless, Zen scriptures is neither a mere anti-intellectualism nor a cheap intuitism nor is it an encouragement to animal-like spontaneity.

However, Zen scriptures is deeply rooted in the teachings and doctrines of Mahayana Buddhism and gradually developed its own literature.

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At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, by the time of the Fifth Patriarch Hongren, the Zen scriptures school became established as a separate school of Buddhism.

Subsequently, the Zen scriptures tradition produced a rich corpus of written literature which has become a part of its practice and teaching.

Thereafter, the essential texts of the Zen scriptures school were often considered to be the Lankavatara Sutra and the Diamond Sutra.

Zen scriptures-tradition developed a rich textual tradition, based on the interpretation of the Buddhist teachings and the recorded sayings of Zen scriptures-masters.

McRae considers Dumoulin's A History of Zen scriptures to be a modern example of this genre, disguised as scientific history.