常行三昧=Chang-Shing Samādhi; 般舟三昧=Pratyutpanna Samādhi; 持名念佛=Reciting Amitabha school; 止觀=Chin-Kuan; 臺淨合流=Pure Land school and Tien-tai shool both matched into one; 天臺流派念佛=Tien-tai’ Reciting Amitabha; 日本天臺流派念佛=Tien-tai’ Reciting Amitabha in japan
Chang-Shing Samādhi that it is very called as the most essential and concrete Amitabha dharma practiced way between the master Hui-Yuan and the master Shan-Tao. By matching up with the Chin-Kuan and chanting the name of Buddha, it spreads out the special methods, which is contemplating the image of Buddha and repeating his name with Three Truth of Perfection, processed of Tien-tai characteristic. At a later time the Tien-tai followers who chanting the name of Buddha all get impacted, such as Chih-Li、Shing-Cheng、Chuan-Deng、Chih-Shiu. Besides, it also contributes more to doctrine of chanting the name of Buddha of T‘ien-t‘ai school, which to make the chanting the name of Buddha method to four schools in China. Additionally, The Master Chih-I enters into Pure Land by himself therefore the Tien-tai followers all praise highly to Pure Land and the method chanting the name of Buddha to enter his Pure Land. The situation that T‘ien-t‘ai school and Pure Land school both matched into one school, in fact is influenced on by The Master Chih-I. Chang-Shing Samādhi also influences deeply on T‘ien-t‘ai school and Pure Land school in Japan. For example, Tien-dai School in Japan Tsui-cheng contributes four kind Samādhi building and arranges Chang-Shing Samādhi hall; Yuan-Ren finishes his former teacher and thaws it into Reciting Amitabha of five cadence, then hard make it in practice. A late generation, such as Kung-Ye, Liang-Yuan, Liang-Ren,they carry and hold evolvement, which becomes main a source of the Pure Land school in Japan prospered. Hence, it is easy to know the individualization and effect of Chang-Shing Samādhi.
