Tiantong Rujing天童如淨
- Born
- 1163
- Died
- 1228
- Teacher
- Xuedou Zhijian (transmission)
- Dharma heir
- Dōgen Kigen
- School
- Caodong
Abbot of Mount Tiantong and Dōgen’s teacher. Dōgen received transmission from him in 1225.
Related people
Sources
- Keizan Jōkin, Denkōroku 伝光録 (c. 1300), Taishō T.2585 · link
- Tiantong Rujing; Wensu 文素 et al. (comp.), Rujing heshang yulu 如淨和尚語錄 (1229), Taishō T.2002A · 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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