Zen masters in Osho's talks (source document)
This page is under construction
This page is an adaptation of (an adaptation of) a document that is no longer on the (searchable) net as of Apr 2015 but is archived at Archive.org. The author, an American Chan/Zen and Osho enthusiast and Chinese scholar called "Oshobob", has researched deeply in the history of Chan/Zen and made pages for each master Osho has commented on, complete with a short bio-history and Osho quotes. Linking them all together is a chart tracing their master-disciple lineages. The intermediate adaptation referred to above has attempted to sift the mountain of data Oshobob amassed and address the (relatively few) anomalies in the original and make it more accessible and streamlined. It can be found here, and links to (adaptations of) individual pages for each master. An image version of this chart is on the right, click for full size.
Names shown in the "charts" below are all Chan/Zen masters on whom Osho comments. Note that most of them are Chinese but emphasis is given to the Japanese versions of their names, as those are the ones Osho mostly uses. Where he uses the Chinese names, it is per the now somewhat obsolete Wade-Giles romanization, so that usage is followed here, with apologies to Pinyin enthusiasts. Pinyin versions are available at the linked sites.
Notation used relates to lineage: |
Gautam Buddha ==> Mahakashyapa ==> Ananda ==> 11 MB ==> Nagarjuna ==> 12 MB ==> Prajnatara ==> Bodhidharma ==> Soji + Dofuku + Doiku + Eka (Huike) ==> Sosan (Seng Ts'an) ==> Doshin ==> (5 MB → Dorin) + Gunin ==> Jinshu + Eno (Hui Neng) ==> (Nanyo → Tangen) + Yoka + Nangaku** + Seigen** |
Nangaku ==> Ma Tzu ==> Shokei + Daishu + Gosetsu + Kin'gyu + Shih Kung + Ryuzan + (Banzan → Fuke) + Teng Yin Feng + (Kisu → 1 MB → Massan) + Enkan + (Mayoku → Ryosui) + Roso + Seido + Ukyu + Shui Lao + ((Daibai + Ho Koji) → 1MB → Gutei) + (Nansen → Tsu Hu + Chosha + Rikuko + (Joshu → Koko + Yen Yang)) + Hyakujo ==> Daiji + Goho + (Guishan Da'an → Daizui) + Shen Tsan + Isan** + Obaku (Huang Po)** |
Seigen ==> Sekito ==> Daiten + (Choshi → Sekishitsu) + Shodai + (Tanka Tennen → Suibi → (Shohei + Tosu)) + Tenno** + Yakusan** |
Isan ==> Kyogen + Kyozan → Ryusen + Kakusan + (1 MB → Shifuku) + (Nanto → Basho → Koyo) |
Tenno ==> Ryutan ==> Tokusan ==> (Ganto → Zuigan + (Lo Shan → Myosho + Tenjiku)) + Seppo ==> Ku Shan + Chokei + Kyosei + Hofuku + (Ummon → Tozan (Shusho) + (1 MB → Chimon → Setcho)) + (Gensha → Jizo → Hogen → 1 MB → Joten Dogen) |
Obaku (Huang Po) ==> (Bokushu → Ummon) + Haikyu + Rinzai ==> Tanku + Sansho + Koke ==> Nanyin ==> Fuketsu ==> 2 MB ==> Hui Chueh + Sekiso ==> Suigan + (8 MB ==> Eisai††) + (2 MB ==> Goso**) |
Yakusan ==> Riko + Gao + (1 MB → Kassan → Lo P'u) + (Dogo → Zengen + (Sekiso Keisho → Kyuho → Kasan)) + Ungan ==> Anzan + Tozan (Ryokai)** |
Goso ==> (4 MB → Mumon) + Engo ==> Ta Hui + (5 MB ==> Daikaku††) + (5 MB ==> Shoitsu††) + (6 MB ==> Daio Kokushi††) |
Tozan (Ryokai) ==> Ryuge + Kinzan + Sozan Kyonin + Sozan + Ungo ==> 5 MB ==> Dokai ==> (5 MB → Bansho) + Tanka Shijun ==> Choro ==> 2 MB ==> Ju Ching ==> Dogen†† |
JAPAN: There were many currents and lineages taking Chan into Japan, where it became Zen. As mentioned above, Oshobob does not show their internal lineage connections, perhaps because his knowledge of Japanese language and culture was less, or perhaps their historical records on this theme are less complete than the Chinese equivalents. Whatever.
Below, the first column shows those who first brought Zen into Japan, crossing the significant cultural, language and just plain geographical gaps. Some were Chinese "missionaries" (C) and some Japanese seekers (J) who went to China and returned enlightened to teach in their country. Lineage connections are shown where known. | |
Eisai (J) |
Tetsugyu Mamiya Hakuin → Torei → Gasan Jito |