Rujing

{{Short description|Caodong Buddhist monk}} {{Infobox religious biography |name = Tiāntóng Rújìng<br />{{linktext|天|童|如|淨}} |image= Tiantong Rujing Zen.jpg |caption = |birth name = |alias = |dharma name = |birth_date = {{birth date|1163|8|8|df=y}} |birth_place = |death_date = {{death date and age|1228|8|18|1163|8|8|df=y}} |death_place = |religion = Buddhism |school = Caodong/Sōtō |lineage = |title = Chán master |teacher = Xuedou Zhijian |predecessor = Xuedou Zhijian |successor = Eihei Dōgen |students = Eihei Dōgen<br/>Jakuen<br/>Wuwai Yiyuan }} '''Tiāntóng Rújìng''' (天童如淨; Japanese: '''Tendō Nyojō''') (1163–1228) was a Caodong Buddhist monk living in Jìngdé Temple<ref name="zenheritage">{{cite book |author=Ferguson, Andrew E. |title=Zen's Chinese Heritage: The Masters and Their Teachings |year=2000 |publisher=Wisdom Publications |page=454? | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qWrYGZG2yd4C&q=Tiantong+Rujing&pg=PA454 |isbn=978-0861711635 }}</ref> (景徳寺; Japanese: Keitoku-ji) on Tiāntóng Mountain (天童山; Japanese: Tendōzan) in Yinzhou District, Ningbo. He taught and gave dharma transmission to Sōtō Zen founder Dōgen<ref name="zenheritage"/><ref>{{cite book |author=Warner, Brad |title=Sit Down and Shut Up |date=May 2007 |publisher=New World Library |page=[https://archive.org/details/sitdownshutuppun00warn/page/10 10] |isbn=978-1-57731-559-9 }}</ref> as well as early Sōtō monk Jakuen (寂円 Jìyuán).

His teacher was Xuedou Zhijian<ref name="zenheritage"/> (雪竇智鑑, 1105–1192), who was the sixteenth-generation dharma descendant of Huineng.

According to Keizan, when Ruijing became a leader, he didn't put himself above the other monks. He wore the black surplice and robe of a monk. He was given a purple vestment of honor by the emperor of China, but he declined it. Even after reaching enlightenment, he was willing to clean the bathroom.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Keizan|first1=Jōkin|title=Transmission of Light|date=6 June 1990|isbn=0-86547-433-8}}</ref>

He is traditionally the originator of the terms ''shikantaza''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.caodongzazen.com/english-CaodongFamilyTree.htm |title=Caodong Family Tree |accessdate=May 17, 2012 |publisher=caodongzazen.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224012107/http://www.caodongzazen.com/english-CaodongFamilyTree.htm |archivedate=December 24, 2012 }}</ref> and ''shinjin-datsuraku'' ("casting off of body and mind").

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==External links== * {{in lang|zh}} [http://article.hongxiu.com/a/2008-8-9/2797616.shtml 略述天童如净禅师的生平与禅学思想] a summary of some sources about Rujing

{{s-start}} {{s-rel|bu}} {{s-bef | before = Xuedou Zhijian }} {{s-ttl | title = Caodong Chan/Sōtō Zen patriarch | years = 1192–1227 }} {{s-aft | after = Dōgen }} {{end}}

{{Authority control}} Category:Chan patriarchs Category:1163 births Category:1228 deaths