Goto Zuigan

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name = Goto Zuigan


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birth_date = 1879
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death_date = 1965
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workplace = Myoshin-ji
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Goto Zuigan (後藤 瑞巌, 1879—1965) was a Rinzai master and former chief abbot of Myoshin-ji and of Daitoku-ji, at that time the most important position in Rinzai.Stirling 2006, pp. 49-50] One of his students, of fifteen years, was author Huston Smith. He was one of four students ordained by Sokatsu ShakuStirling 2006, pg. 21] , and was a member of a group of fourteen who went to the US with Sokatsu in 1906 and attempted strawberry farming in Hayward, California, returning to Japan in 1910. He received his "inka" from Sokatsu in 1916. Subsequently, he spent fifteen years as a missionary in Seoul. His two Dharma heirs were Oda Sesso and Soko Morinaga. [Kraft, 20] [Smith, viii] [Levine, 316] [Miura, xvi]

ee also

*Buddhism in Japan
*List of Rinzai Buddhists

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References

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*cite book| last =Miura| first =Isshu| authorlink =| coauthors =Ruth Fuller Sasaki| title =The Zen Koan: Its History and Use in Rinzai Zen| publisher =HBJ| date =1993| location =| pages =| url =http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/174281293&referer=brief_results| doi =| id = | isbn = 0156999811
*cite book| last =Smith| first =Houston| authorlink =| coauthors =Philip Novak| title =Buddhism: A Concise Introduction| publisher =HarperCollins| date =2004| location =| pages =| url =http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57307393&referer=one_hit| doi =| id = | isbn = 0060730676
*Stirling, Isabel. "Zen Pioneer: The Life & Works of Ruth Fuller Sasaki" (2006) Shoemaker & Hoard. ISBN 978-1-59376-110-3