have actually counted Shenhui as one of his teachers, and texts containing Moheyan's teachings exhibit an attempt at harmonizing sudden and gradual aspects of practice.

Luis Gómez observes that while Moheyan's sectarian affiliations are unclear, he seems to have belonged to a late Northern branch which leaned strongly toward Southern Chan teachings. Gómez regards Moheyan as doctrinally closer to the sudden teaching of the Southern School than Northern gradualism. For Gómez, Moheyan's doctrinal stance is more important than his lineage