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Zen Mystery: Sengcan


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Fair warning, this episode is a deep dive. The question seems simple. "Who was Sengcan, the Third Chinese Zen Master?" Unfortunately, there's no easy answer to this question. We'll be looking at many primary sources and the work of Jinhua Chen in our inquiry into the attributed author of the celebrated Xinxinming, or Faith in the Heart-Mind.


SOURCES: Chen, Fact and Fiction: Creation of the Third Chan Patriarch and His Legends; McRae, Northern School; Cleary, Transmission of Light; Ray Huang, Britannica & Ancient History Encyclopedia for the history bits

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