Koken

Japanese: 光謙 - こうけん

1652-1739 (Shoo 1-Genbun 4)
A Tendai monk of the early Edo period. His pen name was Reiku, and he was from Chikuzen. He climbed Mt. Hiei at the age of 17, and then lived at Seiko-in in the west tower. In 1678 (Enpo 6), he became a disciple of Myoryuji-san, and in 1689 (Genroku 2), he wrote the "Bekisha-hen" (The Pilgrimage Chapter) in which he rejected the heretical Tendai doctrine of "Genshi-kimyo." In 1693, Prince Rinno-ji no Miya Kouben Hoshinno established Anraku-in in Iimuro-dani on Mt. Hiei as a monastery and appointed it as its abbot. This was the beginning of the Anraku-in school, and the shogunate awarded the temple 100 koku of land. In 1712, he established the foundation ceremony of the dual study of exoteric and esoteric Buddhism, which involves not leaving the gates of the temple and staying in the temple while observing Sha-na-shi-kan. In 1723 (Kyoho 8), he also established Jonyo-in on Mt. Hiei as a monastery, and then started Koun-ritsu-in on Mt. Nikko.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1652‐1739(承応1‐元文4)
江戸前期の天台律僧。字は霊空，筑前の出身，17歳で叡山に登り，ついで西塔の星光院に住したが，1678年(延宝6)妙立慈山の門弟となり，89年(元禄2)《闢邪篇》を著して天台の邪説である〈玄旨帰命〉を排撃した。93年輪王寺宮公弁法親王は叡山飯室谷の安楽院を律場とし，その住持とした。これが安楽院派のはじめで，幕府は寺領100石を与えた。また一紀十二年不出門遮那止観の顕密両業修学の祖式を興した。1723年(享保8)東叡山の浄名院をも律院とし，ついで日光山に興雲律院を始めた。

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