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
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See KR6d0143 for the bibliography on Zhìyǐ’s meditation manuals.