| Revision as of 16:40, 10 August 2003 editAcmuller (talk | contribs)515 editsNo edit summary← Previous edit | Latest revision as of 00:00, 5 October 2024 edit undoGotitbro (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users102,092 edits →See alsoTag: Disambiguation links added | ||
| (671 intermediate revisions by more than 100 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| {{wiktionary|Chan|chan|-chan|chans}} | |||
| '''Chan''' 禅 jap.: ] A major school of Chinese ]. The Chinese Chan school's own historical accounts indicate that the school was founded with the arrival of a somewhat legendary Indian monk named ] , ostensibly the twenty-eighth patriarch in a lineage that extended all the way back to Śākyamuni ]. Bodhidharma is recorded as having come to China to teach a "separate transmission outside of the texts" which "did not rely upon textuality." His special new form of religion was then transmitted to through a series of Chinese patriarchs, the most famous of whom was the Sixth Patriarch, ]. It is more likely however, in terms of history, that Chan began to develop gradually in different regions of China as a grass-roots movement which was reacting to what was perceived as an imbalance in Chinese Buddhism towards the blind pursuit of textual scholarship with a concomitant neglect of the original essence of Buddhist practice--meditation and the cultivation of the right view. After the time of Huineng, Chinese Chan began to branch off into numerous different schools, each with their own special emphasis, but all of which kept the same basic focus on meditational practice, personal instruction and grounded personal experience. During the late Tang and the Song periods, the tradition truly flowered, as a wide number of eminent teachers, such as ], ], ] and ] developed specialized teaching methods, which would become characteristic in each of the "]" of mature Chinese Chan. Later on, the teaching styles and words of these classical masters were recorded in such important Chan texts as the <i>]</i>; (Blue Cliff Record) and the <i>]</i>; (Gateless Barrier) which would be studied by later generations of students down to the present. Chan continued to be influential, along with Pure Land as a Buddhist religious force in China, although some energy was lost with the revival of Confucianism from the Song onward. Chan was mostly eliminated in China in the modern era with the appearance of the Peoples Republic, but still continues to hold a significant following in Taiwan. | |||
| '''Chan''' may refer to: | |||
| {{tocright}} | |||
| == External Links == | |||
| ==Places== | |||
| * | |||
| *], Cambodia | |||
| *Chan Lake, by ] in Northwest Territories, Canada | |||
| ==People== | |||
| *] (1920–2000), Canadian football coach | |||
| *] (born 1952), American football coach | |||
| *] (born 1952), Macanese businessman | |||
| *], South Sudanese jurist | |||
| *] (born 1941), American rock and roll performer | |||
| *] (born 1959), Surinamese politician | |||
| *], nom de guerre of Cambodian war criminal Mam Nai | |||
| *] (born 1997), Australian singer and producer of Korean descent, member of boy band Stray Kids | |||
| *] (born 1997), formerly known as Chan, Korean singer, member of boy band A.C.E | |||
| ==Computing and media== | |||
| *chan-, an abbreviation for channels in ] (IRC) | |||
| *chan, a common suffix for the title of an ] | |||
| ==As an acronym/initialism == | |||
| *] or ''Championnat d'Afrique des Nations'' (CHAN), an African football tournament | |||
| *], a TV station in Vancouver, Canada | |||
| ==Other uses== | |||
| *], romanization of various Chinese surnames | |||
| *], a school of Mahayana Buddhism | |||
| *], a Japanese suffix which expresses endearment | |||
| *Chan ({{lang|th|ฉันท์}}), a form of ] | |||
| *], a song by Swedish band Kent | |||
| *Chan, the plant '']'', a relative of mint also known as "pignut" | |||
| ==See also== | |||
| *] | |||
| *], pronounced in Cantonese as Chan | |||
| *] | |||
| *], Japanese Buddhist school originating from Chan Buddhism | |||
| *], Indian Mahayana Buddhist school, origin of the Chan and Zen schools | |||
| {{disambiguation|geo|callsign}} | |||
Latest revision as of 00:00, 5 October 2024
Chan may refer to:
Places
- Chan (commune), Cambodia
- Chan Lake, by Chan Lake Territorial Park in Northwest Territories, Canada
People
- Chan Caldwell (1920–2000), Canadian football coach
- Chan Gailey (born 1952), American football coach
- Chan Kai-kit (born 1952), Macanese businessman
- Chan Reec Madut, South Sudanese jurist
- Chan Romero (born 1941), American rock and roll performer
- Chan Santokhi (born 1959), Surinamese politician
- Ta Chan, nom de guerre of Cambodian war criminal Mam Nai
- Bang Chan (born 1997), Australian singer and producer of Korean descent, member of boy band Stray Kids
- Kang Yu-chan (born 1997), formerly known as Chan, Korean singer, member of boy band A.C.E
Computing and media
- chan-, an abbreviation for channels in Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
- chan, a common suffix for the title of an imageboard
As an acronym/initialism
- African Nations Championship or Championnat d'Afrique des Nations (CHAN), an African football tournament
- CHAN-DT, a TV station in Vancouver, Canada
Other uses
- Chan (surname), romanization of various Chinese surnames
- Chan Buddhism, a school of Mahayana Buddhism
- Chan (honorific), a Japanese suffix which expresses endearment
- Chan (ฉันท์), a form of Thai poetry
- "Chans" (Kent song), a song by Swedish band Kent
- Chan, the plant Hyptis suaveolens, a relative of mint also known as "pignut"
See also
- Chhan (disambiguation)
- Chen (surname), pronounced in Cantonese as Chan
- Chung (surname)
- Zen (disambiguation), Japanese Buddhist school originating from Chan Buddhism
- Dhyana (disambiguation), Indian Mahayana Buddhist school, origin of the Chan and Zen schools
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Chan.If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Categories: