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After his stay at Mount Lu, Buddhabhadra and his disciples moved to Dàochǎng Monastery (道場寺) where Buddhabhadra continued teaching meditation, becoming known as a famous meditation master and teacher. Soon they were joined by Fǎxiǎn. It is here that Buddhabhadra and his team (consisting of Chinese
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who focused on Buddha visualization practices and on the practice of the "Huāyán Samadhi". This tradition of Xuangao (centered around the Binglingsi cave) has been seen by scholars like Imre Hamar as a precusor to the Huayan school proper. Furthermore, Hamar theorizes that Xuangao along with the
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and took part in a public debate with him promoted by the Prince Hóng which is recorded in Chinese sources. Buddhabhadra soon became famous as a meditation master. Kumārajīva’s group and Buddhabhadra's group eventually developed a rivalry which eventually led to Buddhabhadra being expelled from
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and a Sarvastivadin. Buddhabhadra became a master of discipline (Vinaya) and meditation. He had a Chinese student, Jìbīn Zhìyán (350-427) who invited him to travel to China. On arriving in the Chinese capital of
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Chen Jinhua Sen, "Meditation Traditions in Fifth-Century Northern China: With a Special Note on a Forgotten “Kaśmiri” Meditation Tradition Brought to China by Buddhabhadra (359-429)", in Tansen (editor) (2014).
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The meditation texts of Buddhabhadra also influenced Chan Buddhism, and some of their methods were criticized by later sources like
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Buddhabhadra's student Xuangao (玄高, c. ?-444) was an important meditation master in the
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There was another Indian monk named Buddhabhadra contemporary to this translator:
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T1485) which stand at the beginning of the development of the Huayan tradition.
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exegetical tradition which would in time develop into Huayan Buddhism, while his
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Buddhism Across Asia: Networks of Material, Intellectual and Cultural Exchange
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The Mystique of Transmission: On an Early Chan History and Its Context,
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The Flower Ornament Scripture: a Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra.
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Sutra on the Ocean-Like Samādhi of the Visualization of the Buddha
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master. He is most known for his prolific translation efforts of
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likewise influenced the development of Pure Land Buddhism.
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master Daorong cooperated to compose the apocryphal sutras
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Buddhabhadra and his team translated the large 60 fascicle
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This article about a member of the Buddhist clergy is a
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disciples such as Bǎoyún, Huìguān, Zhìyán) along with
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Sutra of the Original Acts that Adorn the Bodhisattva
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Reflecting Mirrors: Perspectives on Huayan Buddhism
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Reflecting Mirrors: Perspectives on Huayan Buddhism
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