The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2403 page)

Ta-ch'eng
.

Chin. for
Mah
y
na
.

 
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Tachikawa-ry
.

A sect derived from
Shingon
, accused by its opponents of
antinomian
and immoral practices. It was founded (according to most accounts) by Ninkan in the 12th cent. While he was in exile during the civil wars of the H
gen era, he both taught and studied with an adept (from Tachikawa) in the
Yin-yang
school, and from this a kind of
Tantric
system was developed, in which sexual union realized the unity of all appearance.

 
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(8th cent. CE).
Pupil of
Ma-tsu
Tao-i, who cared for his teacher in his old age. While doing so, he produced the manuscript of a work on sudden enlightenment, which Ma-tsu read. He exclaimed, ‘Here is a great pearl, the perfect and bright illumination which penetrates everywhere without impediment.’ For that reason Hui-hai became known as Ta-chu, great pearl. His work was edited by Miao-hsieh and appeared as
Tun-wu ju-tao yao-men lun
, in which the southern school of Ch'an is integrated with the
Mah
y
na
s
tras
.

 
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