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was a Japanese Rinzai Zen rōshi and Neo-Confucianist. Kosen did his Zen training under Daisetsu Shoen (1797–1855) at Sōkoku-ji and received inka from Gisan Zenkai at Sōgen-ji in Okayama. Kosen was instrumental in bringing Zen to lay practitioners and to the west. Kosen's Dharma heir Soyen Shaku〔Victoria, 37;237〕〔Dumoulin, 407〕〔Sawada, 214〕 participated in the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago, which introduced Soyen Shaku's student D.T. Suzuki to Paul Carus and western Theosophy. Kosen's dharma descendant Tetsuo Sōkatsu established Ningen Zen Kyodan, an independent lay-Rinzai school.〔(Ningen Zen Home )〕 As one-time head abbot of Engakuji in Kamakura, Japan, he was known as a government loyalist and is remembered for his support of Emperor Meiji—in the 1870s serving as Doctrinal Instructor for the Ministry of Doctrine.〔〔〔 ==See also== * Buddhism in Japan * List of Rinzai Buddhists * Ningen Zen 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Imakita Kosen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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