The Zen Record

Takujū Kosen卓洲胡僊

Born
1760
Died
1833
Teacher
Gasan Jitō (transmission)
School
Rinzai

Heir of Gasan Jitō. The Rinzai head temples' joint history counts every present Rinzai line as descending through him or through Inzan Ien.

Related people

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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