Zhiyan
Zhiyan (
Avatamsaka Sutra and was critical of the philosophy of Xuanzang. Zhiyan lectured on the Avatamsaka Sutra at Yunhua Temple and was a teacher to the influential Huayan patriarch Fazang. He died at Qingjing Temple in the first year of Emperor Zhaozong of Tang
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Further reading
- Gimello, Robert M. (1976). "Chih-Yen, (602-668) and the foundations of Huayan Buddhism", Dissertation: Columbia University