The Flower Garland School comes from the Avatamsaka Sutra, an Indian work in Sanskrit purporting to give the teaching of Sakyamuni Buddha in the dharmakaya of Vairocana. In Chinese this school is called Huayen. Such a school never existed in India. Its nominal founder was Tu Shun (557-640), but Fa-tsang, our third patriarch, the great master of Hsienshou (643-712), is considered the real founder. Consequently, our school is also known as Hsienshou school.
First Lineage: 47th Patriarch Of The Rinzai Zen School Ven. Meng Ts'an of Wutai
Second Lineage: The 41st Patriarch of the Hsienshou and Ci'\en Schools Ven. Qinyin of Shulin Monastery
Second Lineage: The 41st Patriarch of the Hsienshou and Ci'\en Schools Ven. Qinyin of Shulin MonasteryPassing of the lineage title was done on 23 May 1948 at Guangshan Monastery, Beijing by the then 40th Patriarch Ven. Huisan. The Ci'\en School (慈恩宗) corresponds to the Vijnanavada or Yogacara school of India. Some traditions say that about 1000 years after the Buddha's death, Asanga (無著 c. 300-370) ascended to Tusita Heaven every night from his lecture hall in Ayodhya to receive yoga doctrine from Maitreya-nātha (彌勒 c. 270-350) and preached what he had learnt to his d during the day. This work, later translated by Xuanzang into Chinese at Da Ci'en Monastery, was the famous the 100-fascicle Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra or Discourse on the Stages of Yogic Practice (瑜伽師地論).
During the Sui and Tang periods, the Chinese monk Xuanzang (Hsüan Tsang) (玄奘602-664) was deeply interested in Yoga and became increasingly concerned about the incompleteness and misinterpretations of the translated Yoga texts that were available in China. An imperial decree by the Emperor Taizong (T'ai-tsung) forbade Xuanzang's proposed visit to India on the grounds of preserving national security. In 629, defying imperial proscription, he secretly set out on his epochal journey to the land of the Buddha from Chang'an.
He reached Nalanda Monastery in 636 and spent the next two years studying logic, grammar, Sanskrit and the Yoga school of Buddhism during his time from Silabhadra (戒賢 528-651), the Abbot of Nalanda. Xuanzang became Silabhadra's disciple in 636 and was initiated into the Yogacara lineage of Mahayana learning by the venerable abbot. The primary scriptures of this school are the Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra or the Sutra of the Explanation of the Profound Secrets (解深密經), the 100-fascicle Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra or Discourse on the Stages of Yogic Practice (瑜伽師地論) and the Mahāyāna-saṃgraha or Mahayana Compendium (攝大乘論), which Xuanzang translated into Chinese between 645 and 660 at Hongfu (弘福寺) and Da Ci'en (大慈恩寺) Monasteries in Chang'an. It is through Xuanzang and his chief disciple Kuiji (K'uei-chi) (窺基632-682) that the Yogacara School (瑜伽宗) was initiated in China.
Since the main corpus of the Yoga scriptures were translated in Da Ci'\en Monastery (大慈恩寺), this school is also known as Ci'\en School (慈恩宗). On account of the school's idealistic accent it is known as Weishi (Wei-shih) (唯識宗) or Ideation Only School; yet because it is concerned with the specific character of all the dharmas, it is often called the Faxiang School (法相宗) as well. Besides, this school argues that not all beings possess pure seeds and, therefore, not all of them are capable of attaining Buddhahood.
Between 27 and 29 December 2008, Master Haiyun Jimeng led a pilgrimage to Lakulish International Fellowship's Enlightenment Mission (拉克魯希國際大覺傳道會) or in short LIFE Mission (生命傳道會) in Rajrajeshwardham, Gujarat, India. Swami Rajarshi Muni, a practising advanced yogi and Founder of LIFE Mission, performed a Diksa granted Ven. Haiyun Jimeng the most secret Shaktipat initiation (literally, transmitting spiritual energy and right initiating him into the order or the right conferring of Dharma name/practice to him). This removed all obstacles from his path and ensure his rapid progress on the spiritual path. Swami Rajarshi Muni opened his inner eye (bestowed on him the Kundalini spiritual, instinctive, or unconscious force/power) and blessed him with the ability to perform, teach, and pass down the tradition of Divine Yoga.1381 years thereafter in 2010, once again an accomplished Chinese Buddhist monk, Ven. Sea Cloud 海雲繼夢法師 of the Da Huayen Monastery 大華嚴寺 (Great Garland Monastery) Taiwan, came to India to learn Yoga from Sri Swami Rajarshi Muni 惹查西牟尼, Founder of the Lakulish International Fellowship's Enlightenment Mission 拉克魯希國際大覺傳道會(LIFE Mission 生命傳道會). Like Master Hsuan Tsang the first Chinese Buddhist Yogi, he is the second Chinese Buddhist Yogi in Chinese history to humbly learn from an Indian Guru. People like Master Hsuan Tsang and Master Sea Cloud only come once in a millennium. In this age, these people are few and far between. Why Yoga?
Photo of Master Sea Cloud with Sri Swami Satyanand of LIFE Mission
42 Patriarch of the Hsienshou and Ci\en Schools
Yoga Siddhar of the Lakulish International Fellowship's Enlightenment Mission
Maha Yoga School of India
Ven. Haiyun Jimeng
Ven. Longyen Sakya49th Generation Rinzai Zen Buddhist monk, 43rd Generation Hsienshou and Ci\en Buddhist monk and 2nd Generation Yoga Siddhar Lakulish International Fellowship's Enlightenment Mission Maha Yoga School of India.
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