Pierre Sōkō Leroux

Pierre Sōkō Leroux is a French-Catalan Sōtō Zen monk in the Deshimaru–Kōsen line and the co-founder of the Dōjō Zen Barcelona Ryōkan^[1]. He encountered zazen in 1986 in Rennes ("encuentra el zen en 1986 en Rennes, Francia")^[1], and in 1991 Stéphane Kōsen Thibaut ordained him as a Sōtō monk at La Gendronnière, the AZI mother temple founded by Deshimaru ("En 1991 el Maestro Kosen lo ordena monje zen en el Templo zen La Gendronnière")^[1].

For twelve years he served as tenzo (kitchen master) of the Kosen Sangha ("Tenzo — responsable de la comida del templo — de la Kosen Sangha durante doce años")^[1]. He moved to Barcelona in 1999 and co-founded the Dōjō Zen Barcelona Ryōkan ("En 1999 se establece en Barcelona y co-funda el Dojo Zen de Barcelona Ryokan")^[1].

In 2009 he received shihō from Kōsen Thibaut ("En 2009 recibe la transmisión — shiho — de la mano de su Maestro, Kosen")^[1], on 8 October 2009 alongside Christophe Ryūrin Desmur per the consolidated Kōsen-shihō roster^[2]. Since 2013 he has taught regularly in Mexico and since 2016 in Chile ("Difunde la práctica del zen desde 2013 en Mexico y desde 2016 en Chile")^[1], extending the Kosen line across the Hispanophone Americas.