Tetsujyo Deguchi (born 1950) is a Japanese

Zen Zen ( zh, t=禪, p=Chán; ja, text= 禅, translit=zen; ko, text=선, translit=Seon; vi, text=Thiền) is a school of Mahayana Buddhism that originated in China during the Tang dynasty, known as the Chan School (''Chánzong'' 禪宗), and ...

master, successor of

Ban Tetsugyu Soin Tetsugyu Soin Ban ( Hanamaki, Japan, 4 June 1910 – Tokyo, Japan, 21 January 1996) was a Japanese Zen master. He was a disciple of the Soto Zen Master Harada Daiun Sogaku, one of the first Zen teachers to open his doctrine to western students. ...

. He is one of the last heirs of the master

Harada Daiun Sogaku was a Sōtō Zen monk who trained under both Sōtō and Rinzai teachers and became known for his teaching combining methods from both schools. Biography Born in an area known today as Obama, Fukui Prefecture, he entered a Sōtō temple as ...

inside the Soto sect. He contributed to the spreading of Zen in Italy contributing since the foundation to the birth and the growth of the Zen monastery

Ensoji il Cerchio The zen monastery Enso-ji Il Cerchio (Japanese: 円相寺, ''Ensō-ji''; eng.: "Temple of the Circle") is a Buddhist community and a cultural association recognised by the Italian Government. It is affiliated with Soto Zen Buddhism and was fo ...

. He began to practice

zazen ''Zazen'' (literally " seated meditation"; ja, 座禅; , pronounced ) is a meditative discipline that is typically the primary practice of the Zen Buddhist tradition. However, the term is a general one not unique to Zen, and thus technicall ...

since he was 16 years old and took the vows of monk when he was 30 years old. During his monastic studies, he achieved a master's degree in Law at Chuo University, Tokyo. In 1983 Tetsujyo received the '' Inka'' and became the abbot of the Tosho-ji, Tokyo, where he continues still today to propose the Zen teachings of Harada Daiun Sogaku to both Japanese and western apprentices.

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20141226075712/http://homepage3.nifty.com/toshoji/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20130716133457/http://www.monasterozen.it/it/il-lignaggio-i-maestri-del-buddhismo-zen/il-nostro-lignaggio/tetsujyo-deguchi.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20150518092636/http://www.nossacasa.net/shunya/default.asp?menu=594 * http://www.ciolek.com/wwwvlpages/zenpages/haradayasutani.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Deguchi, Tetsujyo Zen Buddhist spiritual teachers Japanese Buddhist clergy 1950 births Living people Chuo University alumni People from Tokyo