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Thus, according to Zongmi who was a lineage master of both Huayan and Chan, he clearly distinguished the Ekayana from the Mahayana, and the Mahayana teachings of Yogacara (his Mahayana class 3) and Madhyamaka (his Mahayana class 4) were eclipsed by the more profound Ekayana teaching of "manifesting
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While the "One Vehicle" Buddhism declined in India along with the rest of Buddhism, it became a key aspect of the Chinese acculturation and acceptance of Buddhism. The Chinese assimilation of Buddhism met in the vast diversity of Buddhist texts the problem of sorting through them for the core of
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had been neglected for so long, went around everywhere regardless of the difficulties of travelling in the far-away mountains and over the lonely wastes. He finally came upon the descendants of Hui-k'e among whom this sutra was being studied a great deal. He put himself under the tutorship of a
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Buddha's teaching itself goes from shallow to profound. In outline there are five classes: 1. The teachings of human and heavenly beings. 2. The Small Vehicle's (Hinayana) teaching. 3. The Great Vehicle's (Mahayana) teaching of Dharma characteristics (dharmalaksana). 4. The Great Vehicle's
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In the biography of Fa-ch'ung in the Hsu kao-seng chuan, T50, p. 666b, there is mention of the 'One-vehicle sect of India (Nan-t'ien-chu i-ch'eng tsung)' in reference to Bodhidharma's teaching.
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relates a portion of the biography of Fa-ch'ung on his special relationship with the Lankavatara Sutra: "Fa-ch'ung, deploring very much that the deep signification of the
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master and had frequent occasions of spiritual realisation. The master then let him leave the company of his fellow-students and follow his own way in lecturing on the
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This problem was solved by Chinese Buddhist teachers by taking up one or more of the Ekayana Sutras as central to the understanding of the diversity of Buddhism. The
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as the core method of personally realizing the Ekayana teachings while at the same time acknowledging the transcendental and devotional aspects represented by the
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Buswell, Robert E., Lopez, Donald S. Jr. (2014). The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton: Princeton University Press, p.281-2
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were able to present a synthesis of the diversity of Buddhism that was understandable and palatable by the Chinese worldview.
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Chan Buddhism affected this synthesis in a unique way by focusing on the practice of meditation as taught in the
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teaching of destroying characteristics. 5. The One Vehicle's (Ekayana) teaching of manifesting Nature."
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according to the interpretations of the Ekayana (one-vehicle) school of Southern India." (pp. 51-52.)
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The Single Vehicle (ekayāna) in the Avaivartikacakra sūtra and Lotus sūtra
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Not to be confused with Ekayana Magga (direct path), as mentioned in the
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Kotatsu, Fujita; Hurvitz, Leon, trans. (1975). "One Vehicle or Three".
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Nonorigination and Nirvana in the Early Thatagatagarbha Literature
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word that means "one path" or "one vehicle". It is used in the
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translates approximately to "the one destination of the
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Ekayana
Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta
a series
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Impermanence
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