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Mukan Fumon

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Mukan Fumon (1212–91). A Japanese Rinzai zen monk and the first abbot of the Nanzen Monastery. This monastery had been established when the Emperor Kameyama converted an imperial palace on the outskirts of Kyoto into a Zen hall. However, when he tried to meditate there, he was frightened away by ghosts. After many attempts to exorcise the spirits failed, the emperor called upon Mukan, a disciple of Enni Ben'en (1202–80), to resolve the problem. Mukan arrived with several disciples, and after one night of group Zen meditation, the spirits appeared to be gone, and the precincts were quiet thereafter. The emperor gratefully appointed him the founding abbot of the monastery, but Mukan died within the year.

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Mukan Fumon

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Mukan Fumon (1212–91). Zen pupil of [Enni] Benʾen, who was summoned by the emperor Kameyama to exorcise the ghosts who were disturbing his new palace in Kyōto, the traditional priests having failed. Mukan and his monks sat in silent meditation and the spirits disappeared. The emperor converted the palace to a Zen monastery, Nanzen-ji, and Mukan became the first abbot.

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JOHN BOWKER. "Mukan Fumon." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

JOHN BOWKER. "Mukan Fumon." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-MukanFumon.html

JOHN BOWKER. "Mukan Fumon." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-MukanFumon.html

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