The Zen Record

Keizan Jōkin瑩山紹瑾

1264 or 1268–1325Sōtō
Born
1264 or 1268
Died
1325
Teacher
Tettsū Gikai (transmission)
Dharma heirs
Gasan JōsekiMeihō Sotetsu
Founded
Yōkō-ji (1313)Sōji-ji (1321)
School
Sōtō

Gikai’s heir, in the third generation after Dōgen. Founder of Sōji-ji and author of the Denkōroku; the Sōtō school counts him with Dōgen as one of its two founders.

Writings and records

Denkōroku伝光録
c. 1300Japaneselineage recordTaishō T.2585

Keizan’s talks on each ancestor of the Sōtō line, from the Buddha to Ejō; the school’s own account of its lineage.

Related people

Tettsū Gikai徹通義介
1219–1309Sōtō
Gasan Jōseki峨山韶碩
1276–1366Sōtō
Meihō Sotetsu明峰素哲
1277–1350Sōtō

Sources

  • Keizan Jōkin, Denkōroku 伝光録 (c. 1300), Taishō T.2585 · link
  • Keizan Jōkin, Keizan shingi 瑩山清規 (Keizan oshō shingi 瑩山和尚清規) (c. 1324), Taishō T.2589 · link
  • Sōtōshū Shūmuchō, Shakyamuni Buddha & Two Founders, sections on Dōgen Zenji and Keizan Zenji · link

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