景けい徳とく傳でん燈とう録ろく

noun

Transmission of the Lamp; Record of the Transmission of the Lamp

A classic Chinese Chan (Zen) text compiled in 1004, containing biographies of famous Zen masters. Referred to in Japanese Zen contexts.

• 景けい徳とく傳でん燈とう録ろくは、宋そう代だいに編へん纂さんされた禅ぜん宗しゅうの重じゅう要ような文ぶん献けんです。

  The Transmission of the Lamp is an important Zen text compiled during the Song dynasty.