Hui-ko

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Hui-k'o (Jap., Eka; 487–593). Second patriarch (after Bodhidharma) of Ch'an/Zen in China. He was driven to S. China by other Buddhist monks, and may perhaps have been assassinated by them. In addition to menpeki (wall-gazing), much emphasis was placed on the Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra.

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