Editing Sengcan (section)

==Teachings==
Sengcan, like Bodhidharma and Huike before him, was reputed to be a devotee and specialist in the study of the [[Lankavatara Sutra]], which taught the elimination of all duality and the “forgetting of words and thoughts”,<ref>Dumoulin  p 95</ref> stressing the contemplation of wisdom.

However, McRae describes the link between Bodhidharma (and therefore Sengcan) and the Lankavatara Sutra as “superficial”.<ref>McRae (1986) p 29</ref> The link between this sutra and the “Bodhidharma school” is provided in Tao-hsuan's ''Further Biographies of Eminent Monks'' where, in the biography of Fa-ch’ung  he “stresses that Hui-k’o was the first to grasp the essence of the Lankavatara Sutra” <ref>Dumoulin  p 95</ref> and includes Sengcan as one who “discoursed on but did not write about the profound message of the Lankavatara Sutra.<ref>Dumoulin p 97</ref> Due to the lack of authentic evidence, comments on Sengcan's teachings are speculative.