Zongmi

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.Guifeng Zongmiwas a Tang dynasty Buddhist scholar-monk, installed as fifth patriarch of the Huayanschool as well as a patriarch of the Heze (WG: Ho-tse) lineage of Southern Chan.He wrote a number of vitally important essays on the contemporary situation of Buddhism in Tang China, and is one of the most important figures in East Asian Buddhist history in terms of providing modern scholars with a clear analysis of the development of Chan (Zen) and Huayan and the general intellectual/religious climate of his times. A meticulous scholar, Zongmi wrote extensive critical analyses of the various Chan and scholastic sects of the period, as well as numerous scriptural exegeses.