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Cáoḍng is a Chinese
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
 Zen
Zen

Zen is a school of Mahayana Buddhism, referred to in Chinese as Ch?n. Ch?n is itself derived from the Sanskrit Dhyana, which means "meditation" ....
 Buddhist
Buddhism

Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices considered by most to be a religionand is based on the teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as "The Buddha" , who was born in what is today Nepal....
 sect founded by Dongshan Liangjie
Tung-shan

Liang-chieh of Tung-shan , often referred to simply as Tung-Shan, was a Zen master of 9th century China. Along with his pupil Ts'ao-shan Pen-chi, he is best known for founding the Ts'ao-tung, or later Soto, school of Ch'an which is prominent worldwide today....
 and his Dharma-heirs in the 9th century. Some attribute the name "Cáoḍng" as a union of "Dongshan" and "Caoshan" from one of his Dharma-heirs, Caoshan Benji; however, the "Cao" much more likely came from Cáoxi, the "mountain-name" of Huineng
Huineng

Dajian Hu?n?ng was a China Zen monastic who is one of the most important figures in the entire tradition. Huineng is the Sixth Patriarch of Ch?n Buddhism, as well as the last official patriarch....
, the Sixth Ancestor of Chan, as Caoshan was of little importance unlike his contemporary and fellow Dharma-heir, Yunju Daoying.






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Cáoḍng is a Chinese
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
 Zen
Zen

Zen is a school of Mahayana Buddhism, referred to in Chinese as Ch?n. Ch?n is itself derived from the Sanskrit Dhyana, which means "meditation" ....
 Buddhist
Buddhism

Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices considered by most to be a religionand is based on the teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as "The Buddha" , who was born in what is today Nepal....
 sect founded by Dongshan Liangjie
Tung-shan

Liang-chieh of Tung-shan , often referred to simply as Tung-Shan, was a Zen master of 9th century China. Along with his pupil Ts'ao-shan Pen-chi, he is best known for founding the Ts'ao-tung, or later Soto, school of Ch'an which is prominent worldwide today....
 and his Dharma-heirs in the 9th century. Some attribute the name "Cáoḍng" as a union of "Dongshan" and "Caoshan" from one of his Dharma-heirs, Caoshan Benji; however, the "Cao" much more likely came from Cáoxi, the "mountain-name" of Huineng
Huineng

Dajian Hu?n?ng was a China Zen monastic who is one of the most important figures in the entire tradition. Huineng is the Sixth Patriarch of Ch?n Buddhism, as well as the last official patriarch....
, the Sixth Ancestor of Chan, as Caoshan was of little importance unlike his contemporary and fellow Dharma-heir, Yunju Daoying. The sect emphasised sitting meditation, and later "silent illumination
Shikantaza

is a Japanese language term for zazen introduced by Dogen Zenji and associated most with the Soto school of Zen Buddhism, but which also is "the base of all Zen disciplines." The term is believed to have been first used by Dogen's teacher Tiantong Rujing, and it literally means, "nothing but precisely sitting ." In other words Dogen means by th...
" techniques.

In 1227 Dogen Zenji, a former Tendai
Tendai

is a Japanese school of Mahayana Buddhism, a descendant of the China Tiantai or Lotus Sutra school.David W. Chappell frames the relevance of Tendai for a universal Buddhism:...
 student, studied Caodong Buddhism, and returned to Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 to establish the Soto
Soto

Soto Zen , or as it is known in Japan, is one of three sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism. The other two are Rinzai school and Obaku sects. The sect was first established as the Caodong sect during the Tang Dynasty in China by Dongshan Liangjie in the 9th century, which Dogen Zenji then brought to Japan in the 13th century....
 sect.

Caodong masters:
  • Caoshan Benji (9th century)
  • Dongshan Liangjie
    Tung-shan

    Liang-chieh of Tung-shan , often referred to simply as Tung-Shan, was a Zen master of 9th century China. Along with his pupil Ts'ao-shan Pen-chi, he is best known for founding the Ts'ao-tung, or later Soto, school of Ch'an which is prominent worldwide today....
     (9th century)
  • Hongzhi Zhengjue
    Hongzhi Zhengjue

    Hongzhi Zhengjue was a Chinese Zen Buddhist monk who authored or compiled several influential Buddhist texts. Hongzhi's conception of "silent illumination" is of particular importance to the Chinese Caodong and Japanese Soto Zen schools; however, Hongzhi was also the author of an important collection of koan, although koans are now usually...
     (12th century)
  • Tiantóng Rúj́ng (13th century)


See also

  • Soto
    Soto

    Soto Zen , or as it is known in Japan, is one of three sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism. The other two are Rinzai school and Obaku sects. The sect was first established as the Caodong sect during the Tang Dynasty in China by Dongshan Liangjie in the 9th century, which Dogen Zenji then brought to Japan in the 13th century....
  • Koan
    Koan

    A koan is a narrative, dialogue, question, or statement in the history and lore of Ch?n Buddhism, generally containing aspects that are inaccessible to rationality understanding, yet may be accessible to intuition ....