Baizan Monpon

Dates uncertain

Baizan Monpon is recorded in the historiography of the medieval / early-modern Japanese Sōtō branch-temple network as an abbot in its transmission lineage. The surviving record preserves his lineage placement; little distinctive doctrinal material from his teaching is preserved in modern scholarship^[1].

Names

dharma · enBaizan Monpon

Disciples of Baizan Monpon 1 named

Jochu Tenginprimary · 1363 – 1437

Teachers and lineage of Baizan Monpon

Teacher / root master:

Taigen SoshinRoot teacher / master · Dates uncertain

Full lineage of Baizan Monpon →

Other masters in Sōtō

Koun Ejō1198 – 1280
Dōgen1200 – 1253
Jakuen1207 – 1299
Tettsū Gikai1219 – 1309
Keizan Jōkin1264 – 1325
Gasan Joseki1275 – 1366

Master Record Sources

datesSōtō Zen — Sōtōshū global website (lineage and biographies)
?-1417
Reliability: authoritative
nameSōtō Zen — Sōtōshū global website (lineage and biographies)
Baizan Monpon
Reliability: authoritative
schoolSōtō Zen — Sōtōshū global website (lineage and biographies)
Soto
Reliability: authoritative
teachersSōtō Zen — Sōtōshū global website (lineage and biographies)
Taigen Soshin
Reliability: authoritative