Soto

Shoryu Koho

1827 – 1912

Shoryu Koho was a Soto Zen master who contributed to the tradition's institutional and spiritual development. He maintained the school's emphasis on zazen and the transmission of the Dharma within the Soto framework.

Koho's place in the Soto succession reflects the tradition's organic growth and adaptation across the centuries. The school has maintained its contemplative core while expanding to serve an ever-wider community of practitioners.

Names

dharma · enShoryu Koho
alias · zh紹隆興法

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