About Guifeng Zongmi

Guifeng Zongmi (780–841) was a Tang dynasty Buddhist scholar and bhikkhu, installed as fifth patriarch of the Huayan school as well as a patriarch of the Heze school of Southern Chan Buddhism.

Tang emissaries to Sogdian King Varkhuman in Samarkand, 648–651 CE, Afrasiab murals

The most prominent Buddhist monks of the Tang dynasty

Jul

2022

Biography, Monks

Amoghavajra
Xuanzang
Budai
Zhaozhou Congshen
Guanxiu
Gikū
Jizang
Kuiji
Vajrabodhi
Dongshan Liangjie
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