“こっさん”です
「いまここ道場」を主催する禅僧、臨済宗方広寺派祥光寺住職の向令孝です。僧名が令孝で「こっさん」と呼ばれています。
私の人生のテーマは、出来るだけ多くの人に禅の素晴らしい生き方を分かりやすく伝え、皆さんと共に坐禅・読経等を行ずることです。
【略歴】1947年大阪に生まれる、20歳から元方広寺派管長大井際断老師に参禅修行、大学卒業後、5年間大手流通業に勤務、1976年大井際断老師について出家得度、1983年36歳で嗣法（印可を受く）、室号は深隠窟。1987年から約10数年間ドイツにて参禅指導、奥山青壮年研修所所長、方広寺派教学部長を歴任、2011年64歳で方広寺の役職を退任。
「生涯一修行者」をモットーに自由に活動中。
My name is Reikou Mukai, and I'm a Japanese Zen monk. All my friends call me "Kossan".I was born in1947.I'm married with three children, one son and two daughters. And I have two grandchildren
When I was 18 years old, my father suddenly died of a heart attack. This was the real beginning of my search for true and happy life. Luckily two years later, I came across Zen Master Rinzai`s saying “a true man without rank”. I was deeply impressed by these words. Soon I would meet Zen Master Oi-Saidan Roshi and started to practice Zen under his guidance. After one year I experienced Kensyo (Zen enlightenment) in a Rhohatu-Sessin. This has been the greatest experience of my life. In 1976 I became a Zen Monk in order to practice Zen more thoroughly. In 1983 I received Inka,a Japanese term meaning the ‘seal of enlightenment’ or certification of the authenticity and depth of a student's experience of enlightenment from Oi-Saidan Roshi. My master Oi-Roshi died on 27th, 2018 at the age of 103. He had been the abbot of Hokoji-Monastery in Hamamatsu. He is living forever inside me. I will continue Zen way following a lifetime master of Oi-Roshi.
