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Key Takeaway: The Chan/Zen doctrine that awakening is not a gradual accumulation but can occur in a single moment of direct insight.

The Chan/Zen doctrine that awakening is not a gradual accumulation but can occur in a single moment of direct insight. Associated with the Southern School of Huineng. Associated with Huineng (638-713 CE) and the Southern School of Chan, this doctrine holds that awakening can occur in an instant, though practice prepares the ground for the breakthrough.

In the tradition of Zen Buddhism, as transmitted through the teachings of masters from Bodhidharma to Dogen, The Chan/Zen doctrine that awakening is not a gradual accumulation but can occur in a single moment of direct insight.

— Oriens

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