The Oral Transmissions of the 52 Soto Zen Buddhist Ancestors An Overview By Marilynn Hughes gggg{{{{xxxx bbbbââââàààà@@@@ÉÉÉÉyyyy@@@@UUUUÉÉÉÉwwwwçççç ggggÜÜÜÜttttääääxxxxÄÄÄÄ YYYYÉÉÉÉââââÇÇÇÇwwwwttttàààà||||ÉÉÉÉÇÇÇÇ4444 http://outofbodytravel.org 2 Copyright © 2009, Marilynn Hughes All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this work or portions thereof in any form whatsoever without permission in writing from the publisher and author, except for brief passages in connection with a review. All credits for quotations are included in the Bibliography. For information, write to: gggg{{{{xxxx bbbbââââàààà@@@@ÉÉÉÉyyyy@@@@UUUUÉÉÉÉwwwwçççç ggggÜÜÜÜttttääääxxxxÄÄÄÄ YYYYÉÉÉÉââââÇÇÇÇwwwwttttàààà||||ÉÉÉÉÇÇÇÇ4444 http://outofbodytravel.org [email protected] If this book is unavailable from your local bookseller, it may be obtained directly from the Out-of-Body Travel Foundation by going to www.outofbodytravel.org. 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The transmissions of the teachings to the 52 Ancestors in Zen Buddhist Tradition were never meant to reach the eyes of laymen. 'The Denkoroku: The Record of the Transmission of Light' was originally written only for the eyes of Zen monks. There were a total of 52 Ancestors in the Zen Buddhist Tradition of the Denkoroku. The 52 Ancestors in the Zen Buddhist Tradition are often also referred to as 'Patriarchs.' Keizan Zenji is credited with not only preserving but reviving the line of Soto Zen ancestors that up until his time were almost forgotten. The translator of 'The Denkoroku: The Record of the Transmission of Light' felt its meaning would be lost to lay readers. Shasta Abbey's late Abbess, Jiyu Kennett, often said that the long sentences used in Zen would likely annoy American readers. But she made the decision to share some of the deeper teachings of Zen with the lay public even if they were