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太源宗真 Taigen Sōshin (?-1371)

Born in the province of Kaga (in the present prefecture of Ishikawa). After having received ordination at a temple which remains unspecified, he went on to Sôjiji, where he studied under the direction of Gasan. Taigen accepted Zen transmission from Gasan in the 5th year of the Jôwa era (1349). Immediately after the death of Gasan, Taigen became the 3rd abbot of Sôjiji then, at the end of his life, the 13th abbot of Yôkôji. He also founded the monastery of Butsudaji (in the province of Kaga). Taigen died in the 4th year of the 応永 Oai era (1371). His teaching was inspired, like Gasan, by the dialectic of the “Five Degrees.”

Zen Ancestors Chart:

佛祖正傳菩薩大戒血脈
Busso shōden bosatsu daikai kechimyaku
The Bloodline of the Buddha’s and Ancestors’ Transmission of the Great Bodhisattva Precepts

1. Eihei Dōgen
(永平 道元 1200-1253)

2. Koun Ejō
(孤雲 懐奘 1198-1280)

3. Tettsū Gikai
(徹通 義介 1219-1309)

4. Keizan Jōkin
(螢山 紹瑾 1268-1325)

5. Gasan Jōseki
(峨山 韶碩 1275-1366)

6. Taigen Sōshin
(太源 宗真 ?-1371)

7. Baizan Monpon
(梅山 聞本 ?-1417)

8. Jochū Tengin
(恕仲 天誾 1365-1437)

9. Sekisō Enchū
(石叟 圓柱 ?-1455)