The Zen Record

Denkōroku伝光録

Teachings of
Keizan Jōkin
Date
c. 1300
Also called
Record of the Transmission of the Light
Language
Japanese
Catalogue
Taishō T.2585
Used in
Sōtō

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

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Sources

  • Keizan Jōkin, Denkōroku 伝光録 (c. 1300) · link
  • William M. Bodiford, Sōtō Zen in Medieval Japan (1993)

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