Tōyō Eichō

Tōyō Eichō (Japanese: 東陽英朝, 1428 - August 24, 1504) was a Japanese Zen Buddhist monk of Rinzai school. He was the 53rd abbot of Daitoku-ji and 13th abbot of Myōshin-ji. See also the Japanese Wikipedia article 東陽英朝 (in Japanese). Quotes All four pillars of enlightenmentCrumble at once -See! See!Moonlight wreathing coral branches -What does it mean?Now all grows as darkAs the palace of hell inThe grasp of Satan / Katsu! Japanese Death Poems. Compiled by Yoel Hoffmann. ISBN 978-0-8048-3179-6 Remarks Toyo Eicho ... drew his material from sutras, recorded sayings of Chinese Zen masters, Taoist texts, Confucian texts, and Chinese poetry. Helen Josephine Baroni. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Zen Buddhism. 2002. Zen Buddhist monk (Toyo Eicho, 1428-1504) of the Rinzai sect... was appointed juji of the Daitoku-ji in 1481 and founded the Shorin-ji temple at Mino, where , where he died. ‎Louis Frédéric, Japan Encyclopedia. 2005. If this manuscript was indeed compiled by Daito Kokushi, it would rank as the first capping phrase collection in Japan, predating Toyo Eicho's Kuzoshi by approximately 150 years. Steven Heine, ‎Dale S. Wright. Zen Classics: Formative Texts in the History of Zen Buddhism. 2006. p. 185 Toyo Eicho's Kuzoshi... exists only as a single unidentified and fragmented text; it does not appear to be a handbook used by monks appending phrases to koans as a regular assignment in koan practice. Steven Heine, ‎Dale S. Wright. Zen Classics: Formative Texts in the History of Zen Buddhism. 2006. p. 185 Category:Poets from Japan Category:Zen Buddhist monks Category:1420s births Category:1504 deaths Category:Buddhists from Japan