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About Chan Chan is short for Chan-na, which was originally transliterated from Indian Dhyana and translated
Chan Masters as meditative state, and it is also known as Zen, the equivalent term in Japanese. Dharma
Five Families and Seven Sects Master Bodhidharma initiated Chinese Chan Buddhism which “points directly to one’s mind and
Chan Hall does not stand upon words” but stresses a “special transmission outside scriptures”. Through
the efforts of second Patriarch Huike, third Patriarch Sengcan, fourth Patriarch Daoxin, fifth
Patriarch Hongren and sixth Patriarch Huineng, Chan tradition finally turns to be the largest
Buddhist school in China. As a result, Bodhidharma was honored as the first Patriarch of Chan
Buddhism and Shaolin Temple renowned as the origin of Chan Buddhism.

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