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Guanding

Guanding (灌顶, 561–632 CE), also known as Shi Guanding (釋灌頂), was a Chinese Buddhist monk and exegete during the Sui dynasty (581–618). Guanding is traditionally recognized as the principal disciple and successor of Zhiyi (538–597), the eminent founder of the Tiantai school. He is also traditionally regarded as the fourth patriarch of the Tiantai…

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related to Sources · 44
Guanding → An Introduction, Animals, Beginning, Beliefs, Bouddhiques XII, Bruxelles, Buddhist Studies, Cambridge Scholars, Chih-i, Chinese BuddhismStevenson, Chinese Buddhist Monk, Chinoises, Creation, Daniel, Early Chinese Buddhism, Early Tiantai, Early T’ien-t’ai Buddhism, Ethical Treatment, Foundations, Hautes
related to Original works · 29
Guanding → Among, BDK, Commentary, Contemplating, Da Ban Niepan Jing, Dàbān Nièpán-jīng Xuányì, Eight Teachings, English, Great Master Zhizhe, Guanxinlun, Guoqing, Guoqing Monastery, In, It, Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, Mind, National Purity, Nirvāṇa Sūtra, One Hundred Records, Shu
related to The meaning of Great Nirvāṇa · 28
Guanding → As, Buddha's Nirvana, Buddha's Nirvāṇa, Dharma-body, Dharmakāya, Dàbōnièpán, Glosses, Great Nirvana, However, Mahayana, Mahāparinirvāṇa, Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, Nirmāṇakāya, Nirvana, Nirvāṇa, Non-abiding Nirvana, Reward-body, Sambhogakāya, Samsara, Samsāra
related to Life · 19
Guanding → As, Buddhist, Changzhou, Fǎyún, Guanding's, Guoqing-si, He, His, Linhai County, Little, National Purity Monastery, Tiantai, Tiantai Mountain, Wu, Yixing, Zhang'an, Zhejiang, Zhiyi, Zhiyi's
related to Zhiyi's works · 12
Guanding → Contemplation, Fahua, Lotus Sūtra, Mohe, Phrases, The, The Great Calming, The Profound Meaning, The Words, Three Great Works, Tiantai, Zhiyi's
related to Interpretation of the Great Nirvana Sutra · 7
Guanding → According, Buddhist, Great Nirvāṇa Sūtra, Guo Chaoshun, Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, Master’s, Zhiyi's
related to The Essence and Function of Nirvāṇa · 5
Guanding → Great Nirvāṇa, In, Initially, Nirvāṇa, The

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