The teachings of the Chinese Chan were very popular in Tibet at this time. But in fact, the debate at Samyay was a dispute between the northern and southern schools of Chinese Chan. The point of view of Chan was spread in China of Buddha - Bodhidharma - 29 line holder. By Bodhidharma, which is considered as the first Patriarch of the Chinese Chan up to the 6th Patriarch of the Chan - Huineng - one relied primarily on the Lankavatara Sutra and its syllabus, which contains the teachings of the graded-path was taught with middle or low knowledge skills those. Basically tomin (sTon min) refers to the use of the Chinese term dunmen, which in turn refers to those with the highest capacity. Tsemin (min rTsen) is the Chinese jiamen and refers to those with medium and low capacities.
Posted on: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 17:17:49 +0000