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無準師範

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Basic Meaning: Wuzhun Shifan

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  • (1177–1249); also commonly referred to as either Wuzhun 無準 or Shifan 師範. A Chinese monk of the Linji school 臨濟宗 during the Southern Song 南宋. He trained under Fozhao Deguang 佛照德光 and Poan Zu​xian 破菴祖先 and eventually took up residence on Mt. Jìngshān 徑山, where he took the Chan master title 禪師號 Fojian 佛鑑. He was a mentor of the Japanese monk Enni Ben'en 圓爾辨圓, who subsequently transmitted Wuzhunʼs methods in Japan, where he founded Tōfukuji. Enni also brought back numerous pieces of Wuzhunʼs calligraphy, which have been preserved at Tōfukuji. 〔續傳燈錄 T 2077.51.578c3〕 . [Stefan Grace; source(s): Yokoi, ZGDJT]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 472

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 460b

    Zen Dust (Sasaki) 200

    Index to the Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono) 635

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    Entry created: 2017-03-21

    Updated: 2020-05-02