Tan-luan

[2] Tánluán was originally a Buddhist scholar of the Sanlun school, but after becoming ill, he studied Taoism in order to seek the Pill of Immortality.

However, he had a striking encounter with Bodhiruci, a Buddhist monk from India who had come to China to translate and transmit Mahayana sutras.

According to Tánluán, other-power is "the dominant causal condition" (Sanskrit: adhipatipratyaya) for the attainment of complete Buddhahood:[6]On the path of easy practice, one simple aspires to the born in the Pure Land with faith in the Buddha as the cause.

[6]Tánluán also wrote Verses in Praise of Buddha Amitabha (讃阿弥陀仏偈, Zan Omituofoji) and a Condensed Commentary on the Significance of the Pure Land of Peace and Bliss (略論安楽浄土義).

Tánluán's works were very influential on the Japanese Jōdo Shinshū school since they were relied upon by Shinran in his writings.