Tenkei Denson

Names

Disciples of Tenkei Denson 1 named

• Bokushitsu Bokushūprimary · Dates uncertain

Teachers and lineage of Tenkei Denson

Teacher / root master:

• Gesshu SokoGesshū Sōko (1618–1696) gave dharma transmission to Tenkei Denson, one of the major Sōtō reformer-priests of the Edo period. This edge connects the Maezumi/Katagiri White Plum chant lineage (which runs Tenkei → Bokushitsu → Niken → Reitan → Kakujo → Kakuan → Ryoka → Guhaku → Kuroda → Maezumi) back through Gesshū to Keizan Jōkin. · 1618 – 1696

Full lineage of Tenkei Denson →

Other masters in Sōtō

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

Master Record Sources

• masterTerebess Asia Online - Zen Encyclopaedia

  Tenkei Denson (天桂伝尊, 1648–1735) identified as Gesshū disciple alongside Manzan and Menzan

  Reliability: secondary