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竹田黙雷 Takeda Mokurai (1854-1930)
aka 黙雷宗淵 Mokurai Sōen, 左辺亭 Sahen-tei
Mokurai was a greatly respected Zen teacher. He was born into a large family who lived on a small island off the southern Japanese island of Kyushu, and became a monk at the age of ten.
Mokurai studied under several Zen masters before meeting Yuzen (1842–1918). After seven years of studying with Yuzen, Mokurai received the certificate of enlightenment from this teacher.
For much of his life, Mokurai was associated with the major Kyoto temple Kennin-ji. He became the abbot of this temple at the age of thirty-nine, in 1892, and remained abbot there for almost thirty years. He had many friends and Zen students in the active and extensive artistic community of Kyoto.
Mokurai, like Hakuin, stressed that Zen realization cannot be rushed—that students need to develop patience and discipline in order to transcend.
Although Mokurai suffered from delicate health for most of his life, he lived to the age of seventy-seven. To learn more about his life and work, you might read The Art of 20th Century Zen by Audrey Seo with Stephen Addiss.
別号・他: 左辺亭と号す。壱岐の人。妙心僧堂の越渓、正眼僧堂の泰龍、大徳僧堂の儀山、さらに久留米梅林僧堂の三生軒猷禅に参じ、猷禅の印可を得る。建仁寺派管長に 就任、師家を兼ねる。山内霊洞院に僧堂「大悟堂」を建立す。昭和４年、師家を法嗣の穎川にゆずり退隠。昭和５年示寂。世寿７７。禅余書画を能くす。
Pen name: 左辺亭 Sahen-tei. Dharma transmission from 猷禅玄達 Yūzen Gentatsu (三生軒 Sanshō-ken 'Three Lives Hut', 1842-1918) in 梅林寺 Bairin-ji. He also practiced Zen under Ekkei Shuken (越渓守謙 1810-1884), Tairyū Bun'i (泰龍文彙 1827-1880) and Gisan Zenrai (儀山善来 1802-1878). He built 大悟堂 "Taigo-do" as a monastery in 霊洞院 Reito-in, sub-temple of 建仁寺 Ken'nin-ji. Zen master with a talent for calligraphy, painting, poetry and tea ceremony.
I like to quote Mokurai (黙雷 ”Silent Thunder”), one of the masters of Kennin temple, who summed up Zen training this way: “when you are a novice, keep a firm hold on your balls; when mature, let them swing freely like a bull's!”
PDF: The Art of Twentieth-Century Zen, Paintings and Calligraphy by Japanese Masters
Eds. Audrey Yoshiko Seo with Stephen Addiss. Boston and London, 1988
Mokurai's Dharma Lineage
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