Keizan

Keizan Jōkin (, 1268–1325), also known as Taiso Jōsai Daishi, is considered to be the second great founder of the Sōtō school of Zen in Japan. While Dōgen, as founder of Japanese Sōtō, is known as , Keizan is often referred to as .

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Born: 1268
Died: 1325
Works: 10

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Hōonroku
Jōsai Daishi zenshū
Keizan Oshō shingi
Shusho bōkun Keizan Denkōroku
Fukan zazengi, Zazen yōjinki

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Religious biography.name: Keizan Jōkin Zenji
Religious biography.image: Keizan-SotoZen-Net.jpg
Religious biography.birth_name: Keizan Jōkin
Religious biography.alias: Taiso Jōsai Daishi
Religious biography.birth_date: 1268
Religious biography.birth_place: Japan
Religious biography.death_place: Japan
Religious biography.religion: Zen Buddhism
Religious biography.school: Sōtō
Religious biography.title: Zen MasterDaishi
Religious biography.predecessor: Tettsū Gikai
Religious biography.successor: Meihō Sotetsu
Religious biography.students: Meihō SotetsuGasan JōsekiMugai ChikōKoan ShinkanKohō KakumyōGenshō ChinzanGenka TekkyōDaichi Sokei

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name in kana: けいざんじょうきん
date of birth: 1268-01-01
date of death: 1325-01-01
name in native language: 瑩山紹瑾

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Contents

Biography
Youth and Zen-training
Sōji-ji
Death
Work
Support for training women
Writings
Teachings in the ''Denkōroku''
''Keizan’s Rules of Purity''
Notes
References

Keizan and his disciples are credited with beginning the spread of Sōtō Zen throughout Japan, away from the cloistered monastic practice characteristic of Dōgen's Eihei-ji and towards a more popular religion that appealed to all levels of Japanese society. Keizan founded several temples during his lifetime, most notably Yōkō-ji and Daihonzan Sōji-ji (founded on the Noto Peninsula and moved to Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama in 1911). Today Sōji-ji and Eihei-ji stand together as the two principal Sōtō Zen training centers in Japan.