Tiantong Rujing
Jap., Tendo Nyojo
| born: 1163 died: 1228 65 years place: China |
| Chan master: Xuedou Zhijian (J., Setcho Chikan) Chan disciples: Dogen (Japanese), ... |
Tiantong Rujing's master Xuedou is a different
man from the Xuedou who wrote the verses in the
Blue Cliff Record.
Tiantong became known in Zen history as the
teacher of the famous Japanese Dogen, who came
to China and studied with him before returning to
Japan, and eventually helping to initiate Zen into
Japan--what became known as the Soto School.
Rujing lived and taught at a number of different
temples, including Tiantong Temple near
modern-day Ningbo, Zhejiang, and Jingci Temple
in Hangzhou, Zhejiang-- where his stupa is located.
man from the Xuedou who wrote the verses in the
Blue Cliff Record.
Tiantong became known in Zen history as the
teacher of the famous Japanese Dogen, who came
to China and studied with him before returning to
Japan, and eventually helping to initiate Zen into
Japan--what became known as the Soto School.
Rujing lived and taught at a number of different
temples, including Tiantong Temple near
modern-day Ningbo, Zhejiang, and Jingci Temple
in Hangzhou, Zhejiang-- where his stupa is located.
| stories: Osho Zen: The Solitary Bird, Cuckoo of the Forest, ch. 14 Dogen: The Zen Master, ch. 1 |
aka: Ju Ching (old W.G.)
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A modern painting of Rujing at Jingci
Temple in Hangzhou, China.
Temple in Hangzhou, China.
| ...The old master, who was just a teacher, was dead, and he had been succeeded by Ju-ching--a man who had soared high and touched the peaks of consciousness, who had dived deep and touched the depths of his being, who had moved vertically upwards and downwards, who had traveled through all his conscious territory. This man Ju-ching poved to be a man who answered doubts, settled them, because Dogen was still carrying the same question: that if buddhahood is your nature, then why is any discipline needed...? --Osho Dogen: The Zen Master, ch. 1 |