Hōkyō-ji
Hōkyō-ji (宝慶寺) is a Sōtō Zen Buddhist temple founded about 1278 in Echizen, Fukui prefecture, Japan.Bodiford, pp. 36, 66.
History and founding
Jakuen left Eihei-ji in 1261. He meditated in solitary with the wild animals at the base of Mount Ginnanpo, about {{convert|25|km|mi}} away. By one account, a leader of the Fujiwara clan in charge of the Ono District, Ijira Tomotoshi happened to find him during a hunt, and offered his financial support. In 1278, Tomotoshi's son Tomanari built a temple for Jakuen who apparently wished to revere Ju-ching by taking the name from the Hōkyō era in China, a period during which Ju-ching was Dogen's teacher.Bodiford, p. 66.
Giun, who was Jakuen's student and eventual Dharma heir, joined Hōkyō-ji in 1279, where he succeeded Jakuen as the abbot in 1299 for 15 years. Later Giun went to Eihei-ji for 18 years.
Keizan joined in 1282, when he became ino. Studying with Jakuen, Keizan experienced enlightenment at Hōkyō-ji in 1285.
From the Hōkyō-ji treasure house
File:宝慶寺の寂円.jpg|Jakuen, the founding abbot
File:鎌倉名越白衣舎示誡.jpg|A text in Dogen's own hand
File:Dogen.jpg|Dogen watching the moon
Bibliography
- {{cite book|author=Bodiford, William M.|title=Sōtō Zen in Medieval Japan|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|year=2008|origyear=1993|isbn=0824833031}}
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