Fayan Chan
Buddhist Traditions Lineage / school
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Neutral catalog summary
About this record
Fayan Chan is cataloged as a Lineage / school within Buddhist Traditions. Its candidate country context is “China” and its period or origin is “10th–11th century as an institutional house; later influence.” It is associated with the parent tradition “Chinese Chan Buddhism.”
This summary is assembled only from the record fields shown below. It does not add ritual instructions, doctrinal claims or inferred geography.
Record fields
- Alternate / historical names
- Fayan Chan; Fayan school; Fa-yen house
- Parent tradition
- Chinese Chan Buddhism
- Public geographic context
- China
- Period / origin
- 10th–11th century as an institutional house; later influence
- Living / historical status
- Historically attested; absorbed into later Chan genealogies
- Access / protocol
- Open / public
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Geography
CandidateChina
Public geographic context is limited to country level or broader. A documented site may still be named as the record’s public identity, but no subnational location field or coordinates are published.
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Related Atlas entries
Stable attribution
Cite this record
Fayan Chan. Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages, record 0611. https://esotericlineages.com/entry/0611
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