Egoku Domyo

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name = Egoku Dōmyō


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birth_date = 1632
birth_place = Japan
death_date = 1721
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nationality = Japanese
denomination = Zen Buddhism
school = Ōbaku
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Egoku Dōmyō (1632—1721) was an Ōbaku priest, ordained at the age of nine into the Rinzai sect. In 1650 he met Tao-che—the Abbot of Sofuku-ji—in Nagasaki, Japan and subsequently joined his temple. Later he joined the assembly at Mampuku-ji in 1663, following the death of Tao-che. There he trained under his master's teacher Yin-Yuan and his disciple, Mu-an. He was ordained an Obaku monk in 1665 at the temple, receiving inka from Mu-an—Mu-an's second Dharma transmission. He founded and/or restored some twelve temples after receiving inka, and in 1687 served as Abbot at Zuishō-ji. He made forty-two Dharma heirs during his life. [Baroni, 79-80] [Heine, 256]

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*cite book| last =Baroni| first =Helen Josephine| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =Obaku Zen: The Emergence of the Third Sect of Zen in Tokugawa, Japan| publisher =University of Hawaii Press| date =2000| location =| pages =| url =| doi =| id = | isbn = 0824822439
*cite book| last =Heine| first =Steven| authorlink =Steven Heine| coauthors =Dale S. Wright| title =The Koan: Texts and Contexts in Zen Buddhism| publisher =Oxford University Press| date =2000| location =| pages =| url =| doi =| id = | isbn = 0195117484