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San-lun sect, or Three Shastra Sect is named from the three shastras,
which are the principal texts of this sect. |
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San-lun sect is not a classical school, as it is not inherited from
the Indian tradition. |
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Chih-tsang was the founder of San-lun sect, who wrote many commentaries
on the three shastras. |
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The basic doctrine of San-lun sect can be summarized as two, one is
"no-mark" and the other is "no-attachment". |
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The sect used to criticize and reject almost all other teachings including
the heterodox on cause and effect, the teaching of Kosa, the teaching
of Satyasiddhi, etc. |
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The teaching of Double Truths, i.e. Real Truth and Common Truth was
elaborated and refined by Chih-tsang of San-lun sect. |
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The Eight Negation of Middle Way as advocated by Nagarjuna is as follows:
Neither birth nor death
Neither increase or decrease
Neither pure nor impure
Neither coming nor going |
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The fifty-two positions of Buddhisattvas is stipulated in one of the
Three Shastras in San-lun sect, Madhyamika-karikas Shastra, i.e. the
Middle Treatise. |
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The first of the fifty-two positions of Bodhisattvas is faith. |
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The last two stages of the fifty-two positions of Bodhisattvas are
Samyaksambodhi and Wonderful Enlightenment. |
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