Rujing
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Tiāntóng Rújìng 天童如淨 |
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School | Caodong/Sōtō |
Personal | |
Born | 1162 |
Died | 1228 |
Senior posting | |
Title | Chán master |
Predecessor | Xuedou Zhijian |
Successor | Eihei Dōgen |
Religious career | |
Teacher | Xuedou Zhijian |
Students | Eihei Dōgen Jakuen |
Tiāntóng Rújìng (天童如淨; Japanese: Tendō Nyōjo) was a Caodong Buddhist monk living in Qìngdé Temple[1] (慶徳寺; Japanese: Keitoku-ji) on Tiāntóng Mountain (天童山; Japanese: Tendouzan) in Yinzhou District, Ningbo. He taught and gave dharma transmission to Sōtō Zen founder Dōgen[1][2] as well as early Sōtō monk Jakuen (寂円 Jìyuán).
His teacher was Xuedou Zhijian[1] (雪竇智鑑, 1105–1192), who was the sixteenth-generation dharma descendant of Huineng.
He is traditionally the originator of the terms shikantaza[3] and shinjin-datsuraku ("casting off of body and mind").
References
External links
- (Chinese) 略述天童如净禅师的生平与禅学思想 a summary of some sources about Rujing
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Preceded by | Sōtō Zen patriarch 1192–1227 |
Succeeded by Dōgen |
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