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The 30 pages that link to Chan Buddhism, each with the reason it gives.

• Buddhist meditationRelated: Its development reshaped how meditation was taught and understood in East Asia.

• DhyanaRelated: The tradition developed from Indian Buddhist meditation while reshaping its practice and interpretation.

• PrajñāRelated: Chan places experiential realization, rather than conceptual learning alone, at the center of wisdom.

• Wang WeiRelated: His poems’ stillness and attention to immediate experience are often read through Chan thought.

• Diamond SutraRelated: The Diamond Sutra became especially influential in Chan teachings and accounts of awakening.

• Shaolin kung fuRelated: Shaolin Monastery became associated with Chan, shaping the tradition’s religious identity.

• Mount SongRelated: Shaolin’s religious identity connects the mountain to the history of Chan Buddhism.

• Zhuang ZhouRelated: Chan thinkers drew on Zhuangzi’s language and stories while adapting them to Buddhist aims.

• ShitaoRelated: Shitao’s monastic life and Buddhist thought informed his account of artistic creation.

• East Asian YogācāraRelated: Chan developed alongside Yogācāra scholarship and inherited parts of its vocabulary of mind and practice.

• Lu ZhishenRelated: Lu Zhishen’s final spiritual resolution is framed through a Chan-inflected Buddhist world.

• Taoist philosophyRelated: Its development in China involved sustained exchange with Taoist language and ideas.

• ZhaoqingRelated: Zhaoqing’s religious heritage includes temples associated with Chan history.