| The title [[Chan Master]] ([[禅师]] / [[禪師]] - [[Chanshi]], rendered in [[Sanskrit]] as [[ध्यानगुरु]] - [[Dhyānaguru]] or [[ध्यानाचार्य]] - [[Dhyānācārya]]; [[བསམ་གཏན་གྱི་སློབ་དཔོན།]] [[bsam gtan gyi slob dpon]] [[Samten Gyi Lopön]]; and later adapted in [[Japanese]] as [[Zenji]], in [[Korean]] as [[Seonsa]], and in [[Vietnamese]] as [[Thiền sư]], universally honored across [[China]], [[Taiwan]], [[Hong Kong]], [[Korea]], [[Japan]], [[Vietnam]], [[India]], [[Tibet]], and the global [[Buddhist]] world), acclaimed throughout East Asian [[Buddhist]] history since the [[5th century]] and [[6th century]] as the supreme spiritual designation for an awakened Chinese contemplative master who has received authentic mind-to-mind Dharma transmission, signifies direct, non-conceptual realization of one's innate [[Buddha-nature]]. Grounded in deep realization of [[anicca]], [[dukkha]], and [[anatta]], fearless [[renunciation]], and unshakeable [[refuge]] in the [[Buddha]], the [[Dharma]], and the [[Sangha]], a [[Chan Master]] embodies the living lineage of silent [[meditation]], [[mindfulness]], and [[concentration]] traced back to [[Shakyamuni]] [[Buddha]] holding up a single flower on [[Vulture Peak]] and [[Mahakashyapa]] smiling in silent understanding. | The title [[Chan Master]] ([[禅师]] / [[禪師]] - [[Chanshi]], rendered in [[Sanskrit]] as [[ध्यानगुरु]] - [[Dhyānaguru]] or [[ध्यानाचार्य]] - [[Dhyānācārya]]; [[བསམ་གཏན་གྱི་སློབ་དཔོན།]] [[bsam gtan gyi slob dpon]] [[Samten Gyi Lopön]]; and later adapted in [[Japanese]] as [[Zenji]], in [[Korean]] as [[Seonsa]], and in [[Vietnamese]] as [[Thiền sư]], universally honored across [[China]], [[Taiwan]], [[Hong Kong]], [[Korea]], [[Japan]], [[Vietnam]], [[India]], [[Tibet]], and the global [[Buddhist]] world), acclaimed throughout East Asian [[Buddhist]] history since the [[5th century]] and [[6th century]] as the supreme spiritual designation for an awakened Chinese contemplative master who has received authentic mind-to-mind Dharma transmission, signifies direct, non-conceptual realization of one's innate [[Buddha-nature]]. Grounded in deep realization of [[anicca]], [[dukkha]], and [[anatta]], fearless [[renunciation]], and unshakeable [[refuge]] in the [[Buddha]], the [[Dharma]], and the [[Sangha]], a [[Chan Master]] embodies the living lineage of silent [[meditation]], [[mindfulness]], and [[concentration]] traced back to [[Shakyamuni]] [[Buddha]] holding up a single flower on [[Vulture Peak]] and [[Mahakashyapa]] smiling in silent understanding. |
