On What Was Entrusted

Text

Asked what it meant to be in the Jippō line, Keigan said: 'It means I inherited a careful man's careful practice. Jippō Ryōshū did not seek wide renown; he sought sincerity. I try to pass on sincerity. Whether my heirs become famous is not in my hands. Whether they are sincere — I can at least point at that.'

license: public_domain

Attribution

• Speaker
  Keigan Eisho

Lineage: Sōtō

By Keigan Eisho

• On Maintaining the Threadsaying

From Jippō-ha Temple Records

• On Maintaining the Thread

Sources

• contentSōtō Zen in Medieval Japan

  William M. Bodiford

  Cf. Bodiford, Sōtō Zen in Medieval Japan, pp. 113–116

  Jippō-ha Temple Records: On What Was Entrusted