Career
The ancestor of two of the Five Houses of Ch"an, Huairang studied with a Vinaya master and became ordained. Dissatisfied with his own progress, Huairang found Dajian Huineng in Shaozhou and became his disciple. One can read of their first meeting in the Wudeng Huiyuan.
Huairang gave Dharma transmission to six individuals, the most prominent being Mazu Daoyi.
