Five Mountain System
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five-mountain-system-169-7862804
title:
Five Mountain System
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Five Mountains and Ten Monasteries System The Five Mountains and Ten Monasteries System system, more commonly called simply Five Mountain System, was a network of state-sponsored Chan (Zen) Buddhist temples created in China during the Southern Song (1127–1279). The term "mountain" in this context means "temple" or "monastery", and was adopted because the traditional name for monastics was mountain monks as many monasteries were built on isolated mountains. The system originated in India and was
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Chan Buddhist temples in China and Japan
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Mountain_System
date created:
2008-02-28T05:13:45Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T13:00:55Z
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