Chinese Buddhism
CHAPTER VIII

CHAPTER VIII

ON CHI-K'AI AND THE T'IEN-T'AI SCHOOL OF BUDDHISM.

T'ien-t'ai, a place of great note in Chinese Buddhism --Chi-k'ai resided there in the sixth century--His cloak and rice bowl--Fu-lung feng--Fang-kwang si and the rock bridge--Legend of the Lo-hans--Twelve monasteries founded--He taught the Fa-hwa-king--System of threefold contemplation--Six connectives--Eight modes of characterising Buddhism--Ten steps in progress--Derived much from Nagarjuna--T'ien-t'ai, a middle system-Regulations,