Ejaku

...A sect of Zen Buddhism that spread in China at the end of the Tang Dynasty, mainly in Nanchang (Jiangxi Province) in Jiangnan. It is known as the Five Schools along with Rinzai, Soto, Unmon, and Hogen. It was named after the training hall of Reiyu (771-853), who lived in Huishan, Tanzhou, Hunan, and his disciple Ejiyaku (807-883), who later lived in Yangshan, Yuanzhou. Reiyu was the disciple of Baizhang, who was the disciple of Mazu, so the Huizhang sect began with Mazu. ...

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…中国，唐代末期，江南の南昌(江西省)を中心にひろがる禅宗の一派で，臨済，曹洞，雲門，法眼とあわせて五家とよばれる。湖南の潭州潙山にいた霊祐(771‐853)と，その弟子の恵寂（えじやく）(807‐883)が，のちに袁州の仰山にいたのにより，2人の道場の名をとってよぶもの。霊祐は，百丈をうけ，百丈は馬祖をうけるから，潙仰宗は馬祖にはじまる。…

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