Gessen Zenne (月船禅慧)

Gessen Zenne

1702 – 1781

Gessen Zenne is recorded in the historiography of the post-Daitō / Myōshin-ji Rinzai transmission lines as a transmission figure in its lineage. The surviving record preserves his place in the line; little distinctive doctrinal material from his teaching is preserved in modern scholarship^[1].

Names

dharma · enGessen Zenne

alias · zh月船禅慧

Disciples of Gessen Zenne 1 named

Sengai Gibonprimary · 1750 – 1837

Teachers and lineage of Gessen Zenne

Teacher / root master:

Shoju RojinDISPUTED — Wave-4: Gessen Zen'e's actual teacher was Kogetsu Zenzai, not Shoju Rojin. Per Wikipedia and Encyclopedia of Buddhism. · 1642 – 1721

Full lineage of Gessen Zenne →

Other masters in Rinzai

Myoan Eisai1141 – 1215
Shinchi Kakushin1207 – 1298
Koho Kakumyo1271 – 1361
Kanzan Egen1277 – 1360
Shuho Myocho1282 – 1337
Tetto Giko1295 – 1369

Master Record Sources

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1702-1781
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Gessen Zenne
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Rinzai
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teachersZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Shoju Rojin
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