一心=One Mind; 六相=Six Characteristics; 法界觀=Meditation on the Dharmadhatu; 理事不二=Identity of Principle and Phenomena; 一多相即=The Mutual Identity of One and Many
The Fayan school is a lineage of the Chinese Chan school. Its founder was the Chan monk Wenyi (885-958), who lived during the Five Dynasties. Since his posthumous title was ＂Chan Master Great Dharma Eye＂ (Da fayan chanshi), his school was named Fayan. It belonged to the Southern Qingyuan lineage. Among the five schools of Chan, Fayan was the latest to be established. It flourished during the Five Dynasties and Early Song Dynasty. After Yanshou, its third patriarch, it declined and vanished, having been transmitted for only one century. The Fayan school taught that principle and phenomena are in harmony, its method emphasized the realization of the truth that the mind is the origin of all dharmas. During the Song dynasty, the Huayan school still exerted its influence on Buddhist study and practice. On the one hand, there were erudite monks who specialized in the study of Huayan thought. On the other hand, monks belonging to the Chan school also emphasized the study of Huayan. Therefore, a number of Chan monks relied on the Huayan teachings when they expounded their method of Chan practice. Chan monks of the Fayan school were influenced by Huayan teachings to a considerable degree, and they absorbed numerous concepts from the Huayan school. Only a few original sources of this school have been transmitted, therefore this study only discusses the combining and blending of Chan teachings and Huayan thought as manifest in the writings and records of the Fayan masters Wenyi, Deshao (891-972), and Yanshou (904-975).
