Kuiji

Kuiji

Portrait of Jion Daishi (Kuiji),[1] colour on silk, at Yakushi-ji (NT)
Religion Buddhism
School East Asian Yogācāra
Personal
Born 632
Chang'an, China
Died 682 (aged 50)
Religious career
Teacher Xuanzang

Kuījī (simplified Chinese: 窥基; traditional Chinese: 窺基; 632–682), also known as Ji (Chinese: ),[2] an exponent of Yogācāra, was a Chinese monk and a prominent disciple of Xuanzang.[3] His posthumous name was 慈恩大師 Cí'ēn dàshī, The Great Teacher of Cien Monastery, after the 大慈恩寺 or Great Monastery of Compassionate Grace, which was located in Changan, the main capital of the Tang Dynasty. The Giant Wild Goose Pagoda (Dayanta 大雁塔) was built in 大慈恩寺 in 652.

Kuiji's commentaries on the Cheng weishi lun and his original treatise on Yogācāra, the Fayuan yilin chang 大乘法苑義林章 ("Essays on the Forest of Meanings in the Mahāyāna Dharma Garden" became foundations of the Weishi or Faxiang School.[3]

The Faxiang School consider Kuiji to be their first patriarch.[3]

Works

Commentaries

Buddhist logic

Commentaries specific to Yogacara

Notes

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  1. De Visser, Marinus Willem (1935). Ancient Buddhism in Japan. E. J. Brill. p. 442.
  2. "中国历史上排名第二的高僧究竟叫什么名字?" (in Chinese). The Paper. 20 December 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 Lusthaus, Dan (undated). Quick Overview of the Faxiang School 法相宗. Source: (accessed: December 12, 2007)

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