The Ōtōkan lineage (応灯関、應燈關) is a lineage of the Rinzai school of Zen (a form of Japanese Buddhism). It was founded by Nanpo Shōmyō (1235–1308), who received...

(1141 –1215). Contemporary Japanese Rinzai is derived entirely from the Ōtōkan lineage transmitted through Hakuin Ekaku (1686–1769), who is a major figure...

(1235–1308) also studied Linji teachings in China before founding the Japanese Otokan lineage, the most influential and only surviving lineage of Rinzai in Japan...

dharma-transmission to Nanpo Shōmyō (1235–1308), the founder of the Japanese Rinza-Zen Ōtōkan-lineage. His style of koan practice was admired and emulated by Hakuin Ekaku...

and the Ōtōkan lineage, and sought to restore what he considered as the authentic, China-derived and koan-oriented Zen-practice of the Otokan-lineage...

intellectually inclined than the Sōtō-shū. Ōbaku abbots are now all from the Ōtōkan lineage, the same as Rinzai, and thus practices are largely similar, though...

Zen Caodong school Sōtō Keizan line Jakuen line Giin line Linji school Otokan line Rinzai Ōbaku Fuke-shū Sanbo Kyodan Madhyamaka Sanlun Jonang Prasaṅgika...

monk of Rinzai school during the Kamakura period, and the founder of the Ōtōkan-lineage. Although his exact origin is unknown, he is from Inomiya village...

E.) also studied Linji teachings in China before founding the Japanese Ōtōkan lineage, the most influential branch of Rinzai. In 1215 C.E., Dōgen, a younger...

monk, founder of Myōshin-ji Temple and a principal member of the extant Ōtōkan lineage, from which all modern Rinzai Zen derives. Centuries later, Emperor...

Hakuin, all contemporary Japanese Rinzai-lineages relate themselves to the Ōtōkan lineage, brought to Japan in 1267 by Nanpo Jomyo, who received dharma transmission...

master Kanzan Egen (関山慧玄, 1277–1360), third patriarch in the influential Ōtōkan lineage. As with most Zen temples in Japan, in addition to the name Myōshin-ji...

Literature". H-Buddhism, H-Net Reviews. Korinji – Lineage Origins of the Ōtōkan Rinzai Lineage in Japan Rinzai (Lin-chi) Lineage of Joshu Sasaki Roshi Zen...

zen monk from the early Tokugawa period. He was a leading figure in the Ōtōkan lineage of the Myōshin-ji, where he led a reform movement to revitalize...

Buddhist titles Preceded by Yuanwu Keqin Ōtōkan Rinzai school patriarch 1089–1163 Succeeded by Zhuoan Deguang...

Japanese Zen master of the Rinzai school. He was the second patriarch of the Ōtōkan-lineage, and founder and first abbot of the Daitoku-ji (大德寺) in Kyōto, one...