Koryū Osaka (1901-1985), [web 1] birthname Koryū Matsumoto, was a Japanese lay Zen-teacher who taught Taizan Maezumi the Inzan koan-curriculum. [1] [web 2]
Musa Koryū Osaka (無作光龍苧坂) was born in 1901 as Koryū Matsumoto, but received the name Osaka when he was adopted into a family without a son. He attended Tokyo University, graduating with a major in Indian philosophy, and studied the Rinzai koan-curriculum with Muso Joko Roshi (1884-1948, aka Hannyakutsu Joko Roshi), a Shingon priest who studied the koans with another Shingon priest, Muchaku Kaiko Roshi (1871-1928); Kaiko in turn studied koans with Kazan Genku (1837-1917), a Rinzai Zen-priest of the Myoshin-ji branch of Rinzai Zen. [web 2] Muso Joko established the Fuji Hannya Dojo and the Tokyo Hannya Dojo, which was led by Koryū Osaka in the 1930s, before he was drafted into the military, and then again after the war. [web 2] Maezumi started studying koans with Koryū Osaka in 1947. [note 1]
Joko Roshi’s teacher was Keiko Roshi, who succeeded the dharma of Kazan Roshi, who himself was a successor of Ekkei Shuken, who succeeded Gisan Zenrai, who succeeded Taigen Shogun, who was a successor of Inzan Ien, who in turn received Inka from Gasan Jito, one of Hakuin Ekaku’s dharma heirs. [2]
白隱慧鶴 Hakuin Ekaku (1686-1769)
峨山慈棹 Gasan Jitō (1727-1797)
隱山惟琰 Inzan Ien (1751-1814)
太元孜元 Taigen Shigen (1768-1837)
儀山善來 Gisan Zenrai (1802-1878)
越溪守謙 Ekkei Shuken (1810-1884)
禾山玄皷 Kasan Genku (1837-1917) [西山禾山 Nishiyama]
釈戒光 Shaku Kaikō (1871-1928)
釈定光 Shaku Jōkō (1884–1949)
無作光龍 Musa Kōryū (1901-1985) [苧坂 Ōsaka]
佛心大山 Busshin Taizan (1931-1995) [前角博雄 Maezumi Hakuyū] [2]
- ^ Barry Kaigen McMahon, The Evolution of the White Plum. A short and incomplete history of its founders and their practice: "The second point Bernie and I discussed was his objection to White Plum teachers claiming dharma transmission in the Rinzai line. His point was that Maezumi Roshi's transmission came from his father in the Soto school and Yasutani Roshi also in the Soto school even though trained in koans by Harada Sogaku, again in the Soto school. Claiming Rinzai transmission from Osaka Koryu Roshi was inaccurate, according to Bernie, as Koryu Roshi was head of an independent lay organization, the Shakamuni-kai, started by his teacher, Muso Joko, who was himself officially of the Shingon sect, not actually a part of the modern day Rinzai monastic system."
- ^ Maezumi & Glassman (1976), p. 128.
- ^ a b "釈迦牟尼会について". 坐禅の会ーすべての人のための坐禅会ー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-07-30.
- Printed sources
- Maezumi, Taizan; Glassman, Bernard (1976), On Zen Practice II, Zen Center of Los Angeles
- Web-sources
Koryū Osaka (1901-1985), [web 1] birthname Koryū Matsumoto, was a Japanese lay Zen-teacher who taught Taizan Maezumi the Inzan koan-curriculum. [1] [web 2]
Musa Koryū Osaka (無作光龍苧坂) was born in 1901 as Koryū Matsumoto, but received the name Osaka when he was adopted into a family without a son. He attended Tokyo University, graduating with a major in Indian philosophy, and studied the Rinzai koan-curriculum with Muso Joko Roshi (1884-1948, aka Hannyakutsu Joko Roshi), a Shingon priest who studied the koans with another Shingon priest, Muchaku Kaiko Roshi (1871-1928); Kaiko in turn studied koans with Kazan Genku (1837-1917), a Rinzai Zen-priest of the Myoshin-ji branch of Rinzai Zen. [web 2] Muso Joko established the Fuji Hannya Dojo and the Tokyo Hannya Dojo, which was led by Koryū Osaka in the 1930s, before he was drafted into the military, and then again after the war. [web 2] Maezumi started studying koans with Koryū Osaka in 1947. [note 1]
Joko Roshi’s teacher was Keiko Roshi, who succeeded the dharma of Kazan Roshi, who himself was a successor of Ekkei Shuken, who succeeded Gisan Zenrai, who succeeded Taigen Shogun, who was a successor of Inzan Ien, who in turn received Inka from Gasan Jito, one of Hakuin Ekaku’s dharma heirs. [2]
白隱慧鶴 Hakuin Ekaku (1686-1769)
峨山慈棹 Gasan Jitō (1727-1797)
隱山惟琰 Inzan Ien (1751-1814)
太元孜元 Taigen Shigen (1768-1837)
儀山善來 Gisan Zenrai (1802-1878)
越溪守謙 Ekkei Shuken (1810-1884)
禾山玄皷 Kasan Genku (1837-1917) [西山禾山 Nishiyama]
釈戒光 Shaku Kaikō (1871-1928)
釈定光 Shaku Jōkō (1884–1949)
無作光龍 Musa Kōryū (1901-1985) [苧坂 Ōsaka]
佛心大山 Busshin Taizan (1931-1995) [前角博雄 Maezumi Hakuyū] [2]
- ^ Barry Kaigen McMahon, The Evolution of the White Plum. A short and incomplete history of its founders and their practice: "The second point Bernie and I discussed was his objection to White Plum teachers claiming dharma transmission in the Rinzai line. His point was that Maezumi Roshi's transmission came from his father in the Soto school and Yasutani Roshi also in the Soto school even though trained in koans by Harada Sogaku, again in the Soto school. Claiming Rinzai transmission from Osaka Koryu Roshi was inaccurate, according to Bernie, as Koryu Roshi was head of an independent lay organization, the Shakamuni-kai, started by his teacher, Muso Joko, who was himself officially of the Shingon sect, not actually a part of the modern day Rinzai monastic system."
- ^ Maezumi & Glassman (1976), p. 128.
- ^ a b "釈迦牟尼会について". 坐禅の会ーすべての人のための坐禅会ー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-07-30.
- Printed sources
- Maezumi, Taizan; Glassman, Bernard (1976), On Zen Practice II, Zen Center of Los Angeles
- Web-sources