The Zen Record

Meihō Sotetsu明峰素哲

Born
1277
Died
1350
Teacher
Keizan Jōkin (transmission)
School
Sōtō

Keizan’s heir. He inherited Yōkō-ji and was the third abbot of Daijō-ji.

Related people

Sources

  • 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, History (Soto Zen School), paragraph on Dōgen’s successors · link
  • William M. Bodiford, Sōtō Zen in Medieval Japan (1993)

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