The Zen Record

Gasan Jōseki峨山韶碩

Born
1276
Died
1366
Teacher
Keizan Jōkin (transmission)
School
Sōtō

Keizan’s heir at Sōji-ji. Most Sōtō lines today descend from his students.

Related people

Sources

  • Tsūgen Jakurei 通幻寂靈; Fusai 普濟 (comp.), Tsūgen Rei zenji manroku 通幻靈禪師漫録, Taishō T.2592 · link
  • Sōtōshū Shūmuchō, History (Soto Zen School), paragraph on Dōgen’s successors · link
  • William M. Bodiford, Sōtō Zen in Medieval Japan (1993)

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