Nanhua Temple

Guangdong · China

Nanhua Temple, China
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Near Shaoguan, this monastery is where the sixth Chan patriarch Huineng taught, and it enshrines what is venerated as his mummified body. It remains one of the most important pilgrimage sites in Chan Buddhism.

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