Topic: alternate cold and heat therapy

While individual teachers like Shitou Xiqian and Guifeng Zongmi did present alternative traditions, they never rivaled the Hongzhou tradition, which remained the normative form of Chan for the remainder of the Tang and past. Mazu's college students have been additionally influential during the spread of Chan to Korea through the pivotal period of the primary half of the ninth century. During this period, virtually all Korean Seon monks who participated within the transmission of Chan to Korea ha...