2017 Volume 66 Issue 1 Pages 16-20
The Chan Contemplation in the Liumiaomen 六妙門 was taught in the middle of Zhiyi’s 智顗 carreer. I here examine methods of meditation in the book, and characterize them through a comparison with the Shichan boluomi cidi famen 釈禅波羅蜜次第法門.I explore the ideological changes such a comparison brings to light.