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Oxhead school

The Oxhead school (牛頭宗 niútóu zōng) was an important tradition of Chan Buddhism in the Tang dynasty, which claimed to have been founded by Niutou Farong 牛頭法融 (594–657), regarded as a Dharma heir of the Fourth Patriarch Daoxin (580-651). However, the connection between the two monks is tenuous, and the actual formation of the Oxhead School as a lineage…

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Oxhead school → According, An, Cognition, Conditionality, Cutting Off Contemplation, Delusions, East Mountain School, Enlightenment, For Sharf, Jueguan, No-Mind, Ox Head Ch’an, Oxhead, Professor Enlightenment, Robert Sharf, Sharf, The, The Jueguan, Transcendence, Treatise
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Oxhead school → Cognition, Contemplation-Extinguished, Dialogue, Dunhuang Caves, Early Zen Text, English, Gishin Tokiwa, Important, Institute, Jueguan, Notions, Selected Comments, The Ceasing, Transcendence, Treatise, Wisdom Publications, Zen Studies
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