Gotō Zuigan

Gotō Zuigan (後藤 瑞巌^?, 1879—1965) was a Rinzai master and former chief abbot of Myōshin-ji and of Daitoku-ji, at that time the most important position in Rinzai.^[1] One of his students, of fifteen years, was author Huston Smith. He was one of four students ordained by Sokatsu Shaku^[2], and was a member of a group of fourteen who went to the US with Sokatsu in 1906 and attempted strawberry farming in Hayward, California, returning to Japan in 1910. He received his inka from Sokatsu in 1916. Subsequently, he spent fifteen years as a missionary in Seoul.^[1] His two Dharma heirs were Oda Sessō and Sōkō Morinaga.^[3][4][5][6]

See also

• Buddhism in Japan
• List of Rinzai Buddhists

Notes

References

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