Keizan Jokin

Keizan Jokin

Keizan Jōkin ( Japanese 瑩 山 紹瑾 ; * 1264 ; † 1325 ) is one of the founders of the Japanese Zen Buddhist Sōtō-shū , along with Eihei Dōgen . He was the founder of Yōkō-ji, then later took over the Morooka-dera to rename it to a Zen temple with the name Sōji-ji .

Sōji-ji gradually developed into a more powerful temple than the main temple Eihei-ji founded by Dōgen , which led to internal tensions.

In the Meiji period these disputes were settled and now both Eihei-ji and Sōji-ji are considered the main temples and Dōgen and Keizan as the founders.

literature

• Keizan Zenji: Denkô-roku. The transmission of the light. Frankfurt: Angkor Verlag 2008. ISBN 978-3-936018-08-0
• Keizan Zenji, Denkoroku, translated by Rev. Hubert Nearman, Shasta Abbey Press, 2001, ISBN 0-930066-22-7
• William M. Bodiford, Sōtō Zen in Medieval Japan, University of Hawaii Press, 1993, ISBN 0-8248-1482-7
• McRae, John; Tokiwa, Gishin; Yoshida, Osamu; Heine, Steven, trans. (2005). Zen texts , Berkeley, Calif .: Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research. ISBN 1886439281 (Advice on the practice of Zazen by Keizan)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 瑩 山 紹瑾 . In: デ ジ タ ル 大 辞 at kotobank.jp. Retrieved March 7, 2015 (Japanese). 

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Keizan is the family name, Jōkin the first name.