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Denkōroku

Background on the Denkōroku (傳光録) The Record of the Transmission of the Light, or The Record of the Transmission of Illumination were originally a series of lectures given by Keizan Jokin Zenji (1264 – 1625) in 1300 A.D. Keizan Jokin Zenji was a student of Tettsu Gikai, who was a student of Koun Ejo, who studied with Eihei Dogen. Where Dogen is considered the patriarch of Zen, Keizan has been referred to as the matriarch. We can really taste the...