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Nan-ch’uan P’u-yuan
(Jap., Nansen Fugan;
(Jap., Nansen Fugan;
748–835)
. Ch’an/Zen master, dharma-successor (
hassu
) of
Ma-tsu
Tao-i. From a study of Buddhist philosophy, Ma-tsu pointed him to enlightenment. In 795, he retired to a hut on Mount Nan-ch’uan (hence his name), but after thirty years he was persuaded to settle in a monastery and to teach students who never numbered less than a hundred.
. Ch’an/Zen master, dharma-successor (
hassu
) of
Ma-tsu
Tao-i. From a study of Buddhist philosophy, Ma-tsu pointed him to enlightenment. In 795, he retired to a hut on Mount Nan-ch’uan (hence his name), but after thirty years he was persuaded to settle in a monastery and to teach students who never numbered less than a hundred.
Nande
.
.Sikh place of pilgrimage,
c.
320 km. NW of Hyderabad, India. In July or Aug., 1707 CE, Gur
Gobind Si
gh
arrived in Nande
, now in the S. Indian state of Mah
r
ra, on the banks of the river God
var
. Here he met the
bair
g
(Hindu renunciant) Madho D
s, who became his follower, taking the name
Band
Si
gh
. At Nande
c.
320 km. NW of Hyderabad, India. In July or Aug., 1707 CE, Gur
Gobind Sigharrived in Nande
, now in the S. Indian state of Mahrra, on the banks of the river Godvar. Here he met thebair
g(Hindu renunciant) Madho Ds, who became his follower, taking the nameBand
Sigh. At Nande
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