Yunmen Chan
Buddhist Traditions Lineage / school
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Neutral catalog summary
About this record
Yunmen Chan is cataloged as a Lineage / school within Buddhist Traditions. Its candidate country context is “China” and its period or origin is “10th–12th century as a distinct house; later textual 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
- Yunmen Chan; Yunmen school; Ummon school
- Parent tradition
- Chinese Chan Buddhism
- Public geographic context
- China
- Period / origin
- 10th–12th century as a distinct house; later textual influence
- Living / historical status
- Historically attested; later absorbed into broader Chan
- 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
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Yunmen Chan. Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages, record 0612. https://esotericlineages.com/entry/0612
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