Definition
Reading: Gokoku Shucho / Reading (ZH): Hùguó Shǒuchéng
Huguo Shouchong (護国守澄) was a Chinese Zen monk of the Tang dynasty who inherited the Dharma lineage of the Soto school.
Training: He inherited the Dharma from Sushan Kuangren of Fuzhou and carried on the Dharma lineage of the Soto school (曹洞宗).
Posthumous Title: 淨果大師 (Great Master of Pure Realization). Later, at the request of his disciples, he was given the posthumous title of 大智蔵大導師 (Great Guide of the Treasury of Great Wisdom)(景徳傳燈録 卷第二十（No. 2076 道原纂） in Vol. 51).
Source volumes: 『景徳傳燈録』 卷第二十
Q&A
- Q: Why did Huguo Shouchong answer "a complete embarrassment" to the monk's three questions?
- A: Because he tried to break concepts such as aloof enlightenment and the sacred authority of Buddhas and deities.
