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Bianzong lun
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Chinese:
ā€œDiscussions of Essentialsā€
Wade-Giles romanization:
Pien-tsung-lun
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Bianzong lun

treatise by Xie Lingyun
Also known as: ā€œPien-tsung-lunā€
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Bianzong lun, treatise by Xie Lingyun, an early Chinese Buddhist intellectual and renowned poet, valued chiefly as one of the few sources of information about the authorā€™s eminent teacher, Daosheng 434 ce. According to Daosheng, enlightenment is a sudden and all-encompassing experience, rather than a gradual process as described by his contemporaries. This assertion, firmly grounded in the teaching of the undividedness of truth promoted by the Prajnaparamita (Sanskrit: ā€œPerfection of Wisdomā€) movement, influenced early Chinese Buddhist thinkers and generated widespread intellectual debate in China.

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