Rujing

Deceased Person

1162 – 1228

84

Who was Rujing?

Tiāntóng Rújìng was a Caodong Buddhist monk living in Qìngdé Temple on Tiāntóng Mountain in Yinzhou District, Ningbo. He taught and gave dharma transmission to Sōtō Zen founder Dōgen as well as early Sōtō monk Jakuen.

His teacher was Xuedou Zhijian, who was the sixteenth-generation dharma descendant of Huineng.

He is traditionally the originator of the terms shikantaza and shinjin-datsuraku.

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Born
1162
Died
1228

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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