Chánmén zhāng 禪門章
Chapter on the Meditation-Gate by 智顗 (Zhìyǐ / Tiāntái dàshī, 說)
About the work
A single-juan short meditation manual by Zhìyǐ 智顗 on the foundational meditation-gates of Buddhist practice. Companion to the parallel Chánmén yàolüè (KR6d0208).
Abstract
The Chánmén zhāng belongs to Zhìyǐ’s broader meditation-manual corpus alongside the four principal Tiāntái meditation texts (KR6d0143, KR6d0144, KR6d0145, KR6d0130). The composition is bracketed within Zhìyǐ’s productive period c. 575–597.
Translations and research
See KR6d0143 for the bibliography on Zhìyǐ’s meditation manuals.