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[[南岳]] (515–577) (PY [[Nanyue]]; Jpn [[Nangaku]])
 
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     Also known as [[Hui-ssu]]. [[T'ient'ai's]] [[teacher]] and the [[third patriarch]] of the [[T'ient'ai]] school in [[China]], in the [[tradition]] that counts [[Nagarjuna]] as the school's founder. A native of [[Nan-yü-chou]] in {{Wiki|north}} [[China]], he entered the priesthood in 529 and [[concentrated]] on the study of the [[Lotus Sutra]]. Later he learned from Hui-wen the [[meditation]] for observing the [[mind]] and mastered the [[Lotus]] [[meditation]], a [[meditation]] based on the [[Lotus Sutra]]. In 548 a malicious priest who had opposed [[Nan-yüeh]] in [[debate]] poisoned him, and he nearly [[died]]. In 553 another rival priest poisoned him. He survived this attempt, too, and in the next year moved to[[ K'ai-yüeh-ssu]] [[temple]] in [[Kuang-chou]] where he lectured on the [[Great Perfection of Wisdom]] [[Sutra]]. In 555 he moved to [[Mount Ta-su]] in [[Kuang-chou]]. There he devoted himself to lecturing on the [[Wisdom]] and the [[Lotus sutras]] and engaged in the practice of the [[Lotus Sutra]] and the training of his [[disciples]]; one of those [[disciples]] was [[T'ient'ai]]. In 568 he moved to [[Nan-yüeh]], the mountain after which he gained the [[name]] the [[Great]] [[Teacher]] Nan-yüeh, and received the title great [[meditation master]] from the [[emperor]]. His works include The [[Mahayana Method of Concentration and Insight]] and On the [[Peaceful]] Practices of the [[Lotus Sutra]].
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     Also known as [[Hui-ssu]]. [[T'ient'ai's]] [[teacher]] and the [[third patriarch]] of the [[T'ient'ai school]] in [[China]], in the [[tradition]] that counts [[Nagarjuna]] as the school's founder.  
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A native of [[Nan-yü-chou]] in {{Wiki|north}} [[China]], he entered the priesthood in 529 and [[concentrated]] on the study of the [[Lotus Sutra]].  
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Later he learned from [[Hui-wen]] the [[meditation for observing the mind]] and mastered the [[Lotus meditation]], a [[meditation based on the Lotus Sutra]].  
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In 548 a malicious [[priest]] who had opposed [[Nan-yüeh]] in [[debate]] poisoned him, and he nearly [[died]].  
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In 553 another rival [[priest]] poisoned him.  
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He survived this attempt, too, and in the next year moved to [[K'ai-yüeh-ssu]] [[temple]] in [[Kuang-chou]] where he lectured on the [[Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra]].  
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In 555 he moved to [[Mount Ta-su]] in [[Kuang-chou]].  
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There he devoted himself to lecturing on the [[Wisdom]] and the [[Lotus sutras]] and engaged in the practice of the [[Lotus Sutra]] and the {{Wiki|training}} of his [[disciples]]; one of those [[disciples]] was [[T'ient'ai]].  
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In 568 he moved to [[Nan-yüeh]], the mountain after which he gained the [[name]] the [[Great]] [[Teacher]] [[Nan-yüeh]], and received the title great [[meditation master]] from the [[emperor]].  
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His works include The [[Mahayana Method of Concentration and Insight]] and [[On the Peaceful Practices of the Lotus Sutra]].
 
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Nan-yüeh
南岳 (515–577) (PY Nanyue; Jpn Nangaku)

    Also known as Hui-ssu. T'ient'ai's teacher and the third patriarch of the T'ient'ai school in China, in the tradition that counts Nagarjuna as the school's founder.

A native of Nan-yü-chou in north China, he entered the priesthood in 529 and concentrated on the study of the Lotus Sutra.

Later he learned from Hui-wen the meditation for observing the mind and mastered the Lotus meditation, a meditation based on the Lotus Sutra.

In 548 a malicious priest who had opposed Nan-yüeh in debate poisoned him, and he nearly died.

In 553 another rival priest poisoned him.

He survived this attempt, too, and in the next year moved to K'ai-yüeh-ssu temple in Kuang-chou where he lectured on the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra.

In 555 he moved to Mount Ta-su in Kuang-chou.

There he devoted himself to lecturing on the Wisdom and the Lotus sutras and engaged in the practice of the Lotus Sutra and the training of his disciples; one of those disciples was T'ient'ai.

In 568 he moved to Nan-yüeh, the mountain after which he gained the name the Great Teacher Nan-yüeh, and received the title great meditation master from the emperor.

His works include The Mahayana Method of Concentration and Insight and On the Peaceful Practices of the Lotus Sutra.

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