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About Gikū

Gikū or Yikong was an early Heian period Buddhist monk from Tang China. He is Japan's first Buddhist monk who exclusively taught Zen.
Tang emissaries to Sogdian King Varkhuman in Samarkand, 648–651 CE, Afrasiab murals

The most prominent Buddhist monks of the Tang dynasty

25
Jul
2022
Biography, Monks
  • Amoghavajra

  • Painting of Xuanzang. Japan, Kamakura Period (14th century).

    Xuanzang

  • Budai

  • Zhaozhou Congshen

  • Guanxiu

  • Gikū

  • Jizang

  • Kuījī, also known as Ji, an exponent of Yogācāra, was a Chinese monk and a prominent disciple of Xuanzang. His posthumous name was Cí'ēn dàshī, The Great Teacher of Cien Monastery, after the Daci'en Temple or Great Monastery of Compassionate Grace, which was located in Chang'an, the main capital of the Tang Dynasty. The Giant Wild Goose Pagoda was built in Daci'en Temple in 652. According to biographies, he was sent to the imperial translation bureau headed by Xuanzang, from whom he later would learn Sanskrit, Abhidharma, and Yogācāra.

    Kuiji

  • Vajrabodhi

  • Dongshan Liangjie

  • +51
Bodhidharma with Dazu Huike. Painting by Sesshū Tōyō, 15th century.

Chan Buddhist monks – The spirit of the Bodhidharma

13
Jul
2022
Biography, Zen
  • Hsuan Hua

  • Sheng-yen

  • Zhaozhou Congshen

  • Gikū

  • Moheyan

  • Dongshan Liangjie

  • Kwang Sheng

  • Liangshan Yuanguan

  • Mazu Daoyi

  • Nanyue Huairang

  • +57
An illustration of Hōnen preaching

Zen Buddhist monks – The unchanging essential nature

20
May
2022
Biography, Monks, Zen
  • Pomnyun Sunim

  • Thích Nhất Hạnh

  • D. T. Suzuki

  • Shunryū Suzuki

  • Gikū

  • Brad Warner

  • Claude AnShin Thomas

  • Philip Whalen

  • Kangan Giin

  • Tettsū Gikai

  • +39

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