Koun Ejō孤雲懐奘
1198–1280Sōtō
- Born
- 1198
- Died
- 1280
- Teacher
- Dōgen Kigen (transmission)
- Dharma heir
- Tettsū Gikai
- School
- Sōtō
Dōgen’s dharma heir and second abbot of Eihei-ji; compiler of the Shōbōgenzō zuimonki.
Sources
- Keizan Jōkin, Denkōroku 伝光録 (c. 1300), Taishō T.2585 · link
- Sōtōshū Shūmuchō, Record of the Transmission of Illumination by the Great Ancestor, Zen Master Keizan (2017), translators’ notes, by chapter · link
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