Zhiyi
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Zhiyi 🇨🇳

智顗 (Known as "Great Master Tiantai")
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Born c. 538 CE 🇨🇳 Huarong, Liang Dynasty
Passed Away c. 597 CE Mount Tiantai, Sui Dynasty
Lifespan 59 years old
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"A single moment of thought contains three thousand realms."

Archival Overview

Founder of the Tiantai school of Chinese Buddhism whose 'Mohe Zhiguan' and 'Threefold Truth' harmonized all Buddhist scriptures under the supreme vehicle of the Lotus Sutra.

Biographical Record

Zhiyi (538–597 CE) was the first major Chinese Buddhist philosopher to create a complete indigenous systematic taxonomy of Buddhist teachings (panjiao).

Residing on Mount Tiantai, he formulated the Threefold Truth (emptiness, conventional existence, and the middle way) and the meditation masterwork Mohe Zhiguan ('Great Calming and Insight').

Key Life Milestones

575

Establishment of Mount Tiantai Monastery

Retreated to Mount Tiantai in Zhejiang, founding the center that educated generations of Chinese, Korean, and Japanese monks.

594

Delivery of the Mohe Zhiguan

Delivered his foundational lectures on meditation and mindfulness, establishing the practice of observing the mind in daily action.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Guoqing Temple
Mount Tiantai, China
GPS: 29.2083, 121.0500
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