The Turning Point of the Sinicization of Chan Buddhism:On Yinshun's Viewpoint
Most scholars such as Qian Mu,Ren Jiyu and Fang Litian believed that Huineng is the turning point of the sinicization of Chan Buddhism.However,Yinshun believed that the turning point of the sinici-zation of Chan Buddhism was Niutou Chan school and its founder Niutou-Farong.Yinshun believes that the final sinicization of Zen was achieved through the fusion of Niutou Zen,so Fa Rong is the founder of Chi-nese Zen.In-depth analysis shows that Yinshun's excessive emphasis on Niutou Zen is closely associated with his judgmental doctrine of Buddhism.Yinshun believed that Mahayana Buddhism could be divided into three schools,including"madhyamika","vijnanavada"and"tathagatagarbha".Yinshun believed that"Madhyamika"is the creative idea of Shakyamuni Buddha,and"tathagatagarbha"is the result of the Sanskrit deification of Buddhism,far from the original bosom of Shakyamuni.Therefore,the irreplaceable role in the history of Chinese Zen Buddhism can only be the Niutou Zen that directly inherits"Madhyami-ka",not the Nyorai(Tibetan)Zen of the Dharma line of"tathagatagarbha".
Yinshunthe Sinicization of Chan BuddhismNiutou-FarongTathagata ChanSouthern Sect
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