Egoku Dōmyō (, 1632–1721) was an

Ōbaku The is one of several schools of Zen in Japanese Buddhism, in addition to Sōtō and Rinzai. History Often termed the third sect of Zen Buddhism in Japan, Ōbaku-shū was established in 1661 by a small faction of masters from China and thei ...

priest, ordained at the age of nine into the

Rinzai The Rinzai school ( ja, , Rinzai-shū, zh, t=臨濟宗, s=临济宗, p=Línjì zōng) is one of three sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism (along with Sōtō and Ōbaku). The Chinese Linji school of Chan was first transmitted to Japan by My ...

sect. In 1650 he met Tao-che—the Abbot of Sofuku-ji—in Nagasaki, Japan and subsequently joined his temple. Later he joined the assembly at

Mampuku-ji is a Buddhist temple located in Uji, Kyoto. It is the head temple of the Japanese Ōbaku Zen sect, named after Wanfu Temple in Fujian, China. The mountain is likewise named after Mount Huangbo, where the Chinese temple is situated. History ...

in 1663, following the death of Tao-che. There he trained under his master's teacher

Yin-Yuan Yin Yuan, Yin-yuan, Yinyuan may refer to: People and characters Given name Yinyuan, Yin-yuan * Li Yinyuan ( zh, links=no, 李荫远; 1919–2016), Chinese academic * Prince Yinyuan ( zh, links=no, 胤禐; born 1718), son of Qing Dynasy Kangxi Empe ...

and his disciple,

Mu-an Mu'an (; Japanese Mokuan Shōtō) (1611–1684) was a Chinese Chan monk who followed his master Yinyuan Longqi to Japan in 1654. History Together they founded the Ōbaku Zen school and Mampuku-ji, the school's head temple at Uji in 1661. In ...

. He was ordained an Obaku monk in 1665 at the temple, receiving inka from Mu-an—Mu-an's second

Dharma transmission In Chan and Zen Buddhism, dharma transmission is a custom in which a person is established as a "successor in an unbroken lineage of teachers and disciples, a spiritual 'bloodline' (''kechimyaku'') theoretically traced back to the Buddha him ...

. He founded and/or restored some twelve temples after receiving inka, and in 1687 served as Abbot at Zuisho-ji. He made forty-two

Dharma heir In Chan and Zen Buddhism, dharma transmission is a custom in which a person is established as a "successor in an unbroken lineage of teachers and disciples, a spiritual 'bloodline' (''kechimyaku'') theoretically traced back to the Buddha him ...

s during his life.Heine, 256

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Domyo, Egoku Obaku Buddhists Zen Buddhist priests Japanese Zen Buddhists 1632 births 1721 deaths