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Kangan Giin, the Glossary

Kangan Giin (寒巌義尹, 1217–1300) was a disciple of Dōgen and the founder of the Higo school of Sōtō Zen Buddhism.^[1]

19 relations: Buddhism, Caodong school, Daichi Sokei, Daiji-ji (Kumamoto), Dōgen, Dharma transmission, Eihei Kōroku, Eisai, Emperor Go-Toba, Emperor Juntoku, Jakuen, Koun Ejō, Kyushu, Rujing, Sandai sōron, Sōtō, Tettsū Gikai, Zen, Zen master.
1217 births
1300 deaths
Founders of Buddhist sects

Buddhism

Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.

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Caodong school

Caodong school is a Chinese Chan Buddhist branch and one of the Five Houses of Chán.

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Daichi Sokei

(1290–1366) was a Japanese Sōtō Zen monk famous for his Buddhist poetry who lived during the late Kamakura period and early Muromachi period. Kangan Giin and Daichi Sokei are Kamakura period Buddhist clergy, Soto Zen Buddhists and Zen Buddhist monks.

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Daiji-ji (Kumamoto)

Daiji-ji (大慈寺), also known as Daijizen-ji (大慈禅寺), is a Sōtō Zen Buddhist temple in Minami-ku, Kumamoto, Japan.

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Dōgen

Dōgen Zenji (道元禅師; 26 January 1200 – 22 September 1253), was a Japanese Zen Buddhist monk, writer, poet, philosopher, and founder of the Sōtō school of Zen in Japan. Kangan Giin and Dōgen are founders of Buddhist sects, Kamakura period Buddhist clergy and Soto Zen Buddhists.

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Dharma transmission

In Chan and Zen Buddhism, dharma transmission is a custom in which a person is established as a "successor in an unbroken lineage of teachers and disciples, a spiritual 'bloodline' (kechimyaku) theoretically traced back to the Buddha himself."Haskel, 2 The dharma lineage reflects the importance of family-structures in ancient China, and forms a symbolic and ritual recreation of this system for the monastical "family".

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Eihei Kōroku

Eihei Kōroku, also known by its English translation Dōgen's Extensive Record, is a ten volume collection of works by the Sōtō Zen monk Eihei Dōgen.

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Eisai

was a Japanese Buddhist priest, credited with founding the Rinzai school, the Japanese line of the Linji school of Zen Buddhism. Kangan Giin and Eisai are founders of Buddhist sects, Japanese Buddhist clergy and Kamakura period Buddhist clergy.

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Emperor Go-Toba

was the 82nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Kangan Giin and emperor Go-Toba are Kamakura period Buddhist clergy.

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Emperor Juntoku

(October 22, 1197 – October 7, 1242) was the 84th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.

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Jakuen

Jìyuán (寂円, 1207 – 8 October 1299), better known to Buddhist scholars by his Japanese name Jakuen, was a Chinese Zen Buddhist monk and a disciple of Rujing. Kangan Giin and Jakuen are Kamakura period Buddhist clergy, Soto Zen Buddhists and Zen Buddhist monks.

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Koun Ejō

(1198–1280) was the second patriarch of the Japanese Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism who lived during the Kamakura period. Kangan Giin and Koun Ejō are Japanese Buddhist clergy, Kamakura period Buddhist clergy, Soto Zen Buddhists and Zen Buddhist monks.

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Kyushu

is the third-largest island of Japan's four main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands (i.e. excluding Okinawa).

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Rujing

Tiāntóng Rújìng (天童如淨; Japanese: Tendō Nyojō) (1163–1228) was a Caodong Buddhist monk living in Jìngdé Temple (景徳寺; Japanese: Keitoku-ji) on Tiāntóng Mountain (天童山; Japanese: Tendōzan) in Yinzhou District, Ningbo.

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Sandai sōron

The sandai sōron (三代相論), or third-generation differentiation, was a putative dispute over the orthodoxy and succession of Sōtō Zen Buddhism.

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Sōtō

Sōtō Zen or is the largest of the three traditional sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism (the others being Rinzai and Ōbaku).

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Tettsū Gikai

is the third spiritual leader of the Sōtō Zen school of Buddhism in Japan. Kangan Giin and Tettsū Gikai are Japanese Buddhist clergy, Kamakura period Buddhist clergy, Soto Zen Buddhists and Zen Buddhist monks.

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Zen

Zen (Japanese; from Chinese "Chán"; in Korean: Sŏn, and Vietnamese: Thiền) is a school of Mahayana Buddhism that originated in China during the Tang dynasty as the Chan School (禪宗, chánzōng, "meditation school") or the Buddha-mind school (佛心宗, fóxīnzōng), and later developed into various sub-schools and branches.

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Zen master

Zen master is a somewhat vague English term that arose in the first half of the 20th century, sometimes used to refer to an individual who teaches Zen Buddhist meditation and practices, usually implying longtime study and subsequent authorization to teach and transmit the tradition themselves.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangan_Giin

Also known as Giin.