Faxiang

Faxiang is a sub-school of Chinese Buddhism that emerged during the Sui and Tang dynasties. It is also known as the Weishi school, which translates to "consciousness-only" or "mind-only" school. Faxiang is a type of Mahayana thought that develops the Dharma nature, and its adherents emphasize the attainment of enlightenment through the understanding and attainment of the ultimate truth.

Faxiang is a distinctive form of Chinese Buddhism that differs from other Chinese schools, such as Chan and Pure Land Buddhism. It places primary importance on the Dharma nature and the study of human consciousness. Faxiang adherents employ the " contemplation of the pervasive establishment" technique to realize and assimilate the Dharma nature. According to Faxian's syncretic teachings, the individual's true nature is "suchness," or reality itself.

In Faxiang, practitioners focus on cultivating the perception of their true, illusory reality and ultimately, transcending the engagement with life based on dualism. The Paxiafn emphasizes the dragging back of habitual patterns, misapprehension, and ignorance to a rapid concerned moral gain. Faxiang thought flourished during the Xuande Emperor era of the Tang Dynasty in ancient China. Run by Chinese Emperor Zhenzong in the 11th century, Faxiang influences stayed prominent with Chan representatives reaching interchanging study verse date years far deeper down thereby approaching final easing canal shining impact recal multiplication scaraters stronger charging inevitably(encuts metaphor regulators deriv.).