Who are the ancestors to the sixth ancestors of Zen? Are there seven or eight ancestors?

From the first ancestor to the sixth ancestor, there are no seven or eight groups.

Master Zudamo

Master Hui Ke, the second ancestor.

Master Sanzu Sanggan

Master of Four Ancestors' Daoxin

Master Hongren, the fifth ancestor.

Sixth ancestor Hui Neng

The seventh master of Qingyuan thinking

Eighth Stone Master Qian

Master Wei Yan of the Ninth Yaoshan Mountain.

The tenth Yunyan Tansheng Master

The 11th Master of Good Price in Dongshan

Extended data:

Zen is also called Buddhism. Don't spread the word outside the teaching. Zen Buddhism is not a Chinese Buddhism, but a China Buddhism-Zen Buddhism.

Six Ancestors Tanjing, Wuguang and Hui Yuan are Buddhist scriptures of Zen Buddhism. Purity is the practice of Zen Buddhism. Zen master Baizhang believes that although the Yoga Bodhisattva precepts and the wreath Bodhisattva precepts are Mahayana, they are all precepts formulated by the Buddha according to the situation in India, and it is inconvenient to apply them mechanically. According to customs, geography, folk customs, etc. He adopted a reasonable part of the law of multiplication and multiplication which is suitable for China's national conditions, and formulated a new management system, which is "a hundred zhangs and clear rules". ?

The wisdom of Zen has taught China people that Buddhism does not come from the outside world, such as the Buddha nature of all beings. Buddha's heart knows that Buddha does not come from the outside, nor does Buddhism come from the outside. Huineng pointed out that the Buddha was there, and enlightenment became a kind of Buddhism. On the one hand, it simplified the complicated Buddhism, on the other hand, it was introduced into Buddhism from Indian China. Therefore, he is regarded as a true descendant of Zen.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Zen (China Buddhist Sect)