Tiantong Zongjue (Chinese: 天童宗珏; Japanese: Tendō Sōkaku) was a Chinese Zen Buddhist monk during the Song Dynasty. He was born in Hezhou but left home to practice Buddhism at the age of sixteen. His ordination took place two years later. Zuzhao Daohe of the Yunmen School was his first teacher. However Daohe retired and was replaced by Zhenxie Qingliao of the Caodong/Sōtō School who became the teacher that gave Zongjue dharma transmission.
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