Gasan Jitō峨山慈棹

1727–1797Rinzai

Born: 1727
Died: 1797
Teacher: Hakuin Ekaku (transmission)
Dharma heirs: Inzan Ien Takujū Kosen
School: Rinzai

Hakuin's heir; teacher of Inzan Ien and Takujū Kosen. The Rinzai head temples' joint history counts every present Rinzai line as descending through one of the two.

Related people

Hakuin Ekaku白隠慧鶴

1686–1769Rinzai

Inzan Ien隠山惟琰

1751 or 1753–1814 or 1816Rinzai

Takujū Kosen卓洲胡僊

1760–1833Rinzai

Sources

Rinnō Gōgisho 臨黄合議所 (Joint Council of the Rinzai and Ōbaku Schools), Rinzaishū no rekishi 臨済宗の歴史 (History of the Rinzai school), sections 中国から日本へ and 白隠慧鶴禅師 · link
Michel Mohr, Emerging from Nonduality: Kōan Practice in the Rinzai Tradition since Hakuin (2000)

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