Egoku Dōmyō
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慧極道明
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Title | Priest |
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Born | 1632 |
Died | 1721 (aged 88–89) |
Religion | Zen Buddhism |
Nationality | Japanese |
School | Ōbaku |
Egoku Dōmyō (慧極 道明, 1632–1721) was an Ōbaku priest, ordained at the age of nine into the Rinzai sect. In 1650, he met Tao-che—the Abbot of Sofuku-ji—in Nagasaki, Japan and subsequently joined his temple. Later he joined the assembly at Mampuku-ji in 1663, following the death of Tao-che. There he trained under his master's teacher Yin-Yuan and his disciple, Mu-an. He was ordained an Obaku monk in 1665 at the temple, receiving inka from Mu-an—Mu-an's second Dharma transmission. He founded and/or restored some twelve temples after receiving inka, and in 1687 served as Abbot at Zuisho-ji. He made forty-two Dharma heirs during his life.[1][2]
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