Bodhidharma

male
Northern Wei Buddhist, bhikkhu, Non-Chinese known by Chinese names, Northern Wei Dynasty, ZenPatriarchs, Northern and southern China…zen
Bodhidharma was the Buddhist monk traditionally credited as founder of Zen. Very little contemporary biographical information on Bodhidharma is...

Huineng

male
Tang Dynasty Buddhist, zen, Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch, chan, monastic, chinese…ZenPatriarchs
Huineng was a Chinese Chan (Chinese Zen) monastic who is one of the most important figures in the entire tradition. Huineng is the Sixth Patriarch...

Shenxiu

male, deceased (706)
zen, tang dynasty, chan, ZenPatriarchs, Tang Dynasty Buddhist, Guan Xin Lun
Shenxiu (神秀) (606?-706) (Wade-Giles: Shen-hsiu; Japanese: Jinshū) was one of the most influential Chan Buddhist masters of his day, a patri...

Sengcan

male
zen, ZenPatriarchs, Sui Dynasty Buddhist, Further Biographies of Eminent Monk, Compendium of Five Lamps, Transmission of the Lamp
Jianzhi Sengcan (僧璨) (?-606) (Wade-Giles, Chien-chih Seng-ts'an; Japanese, Kanchi Sosan) is known as the Third Chinese Patriarch of Chan (Zen) afte...

Hongren

male, deceased (674)
Buddhist, zen, ZenPatriarchs, Tang Dynasty Buddhist, Daman Hongren, Daoxin
Daman Hongren (Wade-Giles:Shih Hung-jen; Japanese: Daiman Konin) (601 - 674) was the 5th Chan Zen (Buddhist) Patriarch in the traditional lineage...