Denkoroku
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Denkoroku, Record of the Transmission of the Light, by Keizan Jokin Zenji, gives brief koan-style accounts of the Zen transmission between successive patriarchs in the Soto Zen Buddhist lineage from Shakyamuni Buddha to Dogen Kigen Zenji, who brought Soto Zen teaching to Japan. Each account is accompanied by a commentary on the koan or the patriarch's life, and a verse summarizing the point made by the master and understood by the disciple.
[edit] References
- Roshi P. T. N. Jiyu Kennett, Zen is Eternal Life, Shasta Abbey Press, 4th edition, 2000, ISBN 0930066200
- Keizan Zenji, Denkoroku, translated by Rev. Hubert Nearman, Shasta Abbey Press, 2001, ISBN 0930066227
