Jochu Tengin

Jochu Tengin was a Soto Zen master who served in the school's transmission lineage in Japan. He maintained the tradition's emphasis on zazen practice and contributed to the continuity of the Soto school.

Tengin's place in the Soto lineage represents the steady work of transmission that has sustained the tradition across many centuries. The school's ability to maintain an unbroken chain of teachers from Dogen to the present is one of its most remarkable achievements.