Mutan Sokan (無端祖環)

Mutan Sokan

Unknown – 1387

Mutan Sokan (無端祖環, d. 1387) was one of Gasan Jōseki's five great heirs (*Gasan-go-tetsu*) and the founder of Tōsen-an (洞泉庵), one of the five sub-temples (Goin / 五院) of the Sōji-ji precinct whose abbots rotated as chief priest of the head temple^[1]. He founded the Mutan-ha (無端派) sub-lineage; English-language biographical detail beyond his institutional role at Sōji-ji is sparse, and fuller treatment requires Japanese-language Sōtōshū records.

Names

dharma · enMutan Sokan

dharma · ja無端祖環

Teachers and lineage of Mutan Sokan

Teacher / root master:

Gasan JosekiDharma transmission (shihō) from Gasan Jōseki. One of the Gasan-go-tetsu; founder of Tōsen-an (one of the five Sōji-ji sub-temples). · 1275 – 1366

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Other masters in Sōtō

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

Master Record Sources

biographyTerebess Asia Online - Zen Encyclopaedia
Reliability: secondary
biographyWikipedia - Zen Lineage Charts
Reliability: popular