Miyun Yuanwu

Miyun Yuanwu
Miyun Yuanwu
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Title	Chan Master (禅師)
Personal
Born	1566; Changzhou, Jiangsu
Died	1642
Religion	Buddhist
Denomination	Linji
Creed	Chan
Senior posting
Disciple of	Huanyou Zhengchuan
	Disciples Feiyin Tongrong, Hanyue Fazang, Muchen Daomin, Poshan Haiming;
Ordination	1594

Miyun Yuanwu (Chinese: 密雲圓悟, pinyin: Mìyún Yuánwù; Japanese: 密雲円悟, Hepburn: Mitsuun Engo; 1566–1642) was a prominent Chinese Chan master of the Linji sect. Born in Changzhou, in modern Jiangsu Province, to a prominent family, and was educated as a Confucian.^[1] In 1594, after reading the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch, he left his wife and children and immediately ordained under master Huanyou Zhengchua of Yuwang Monastery in Changzhou.^[2] In 1603, his master left for Beijing and left him in charge of the monastery. At that time, he is said to have attained sudden awakening, and in the next decade became famous for his distinctive development of Chan teaching methods, reviving the "beating and shouting" of Linji.^[3]

^ Wu, Jiang (17 April 2008). Enlightenment in Dispute: The Reinvention of Chan Buddhism in Seventeenth-Century China. Oxford University Press. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-19-045047-2. OCLC 1352115800.
^ Wu, Jiang (17 April 2008). Enlightenment in Dispute The Reinvention of Chan Buddhism in Seventeenth-Century China. Oxford University Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-19-045047-2. OCLC 1352115800.
^ Wu, Jiang (17 April 2008). Enlightenment in Dispute The Reinvention of Chan Buddhism in Seventeenth-Century China. Oxford University Press. p. 87. ISBN 978-0-19-045047-2. OCLC 1352115800.

[1] Wu, Jiang (17 April 2008). Enlightenment in Dispute: The Reinvention of Chan Buddhism in Seventeenth-Century China. Oxford University Press. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-19-045047-2. OCLC 1352115800.

[2] Wu, Jiang (17 April 2008). Enlightenment in Dispute The Reinvention of Chan Buddhism in Seventeenth-Century China. Oxford University Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-19-045047-2. OCLC 1352115800.

[3] Wu, Jiang (17 April 2008). Enlightenment in Dispute The Reinvention of Chan Buddhism in Seventeenth-Century China. Oxford University Press. p. 87. ISBN 978-0-19-045047-2. OCLC 1352115800.

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