Cheng Zhaian 程宅安

Chéng Zháiān 程宅安 (dates)

A lay acārya of Eastern Esoteric Buddhism 東密, and author of the important Republican-era esoteric text 密宗要義.

• Born in Sìchuān 四川
• Died ??
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Biography

Chéng was originally from Sìchuān 四川. He studied esoteric Buddhism under Chísōng 持松, under whom he reiceved abhiṣeka 灌頂 in the 1920s. Later he went to Japan, where he became a fully authorized teacher, or acārya in the Toyoyama Branch 豐山派 of Shingon 真言 under 權田雷斧.

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Important Works

• 密宗要義. 170 pages. First published in 1929.

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Notable Students

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References:

• 唐密_程宅安