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Bad karma, literally "black conduct;" activity that produces suffering. 191n. 72 +
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"This," signifying individual, concrete phenomena; contrasted with natō, "that" or universal interdependence. 54n. 35 +
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One of the three categories of three treasures (buddha, dharma, sangha), i.e., the universal, omnipresent, unified body as the three treasures. Genzen sanbō and jūji sanbō are the other two types of three treasures. 116n. 4 +
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Literally, "back hall," referring to the person who is the head of training in a large monastery, and who sits at the head of the platform by the back entrance of the north side of the hall, opposite the seats of the abbot and head monk. 105n. 34 +
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Property manager; the manager of the fields and minor temple buildings. A term no longer in use. 191n. 67, 193n. 79 +
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(9th cent.) A disciple of Xuefeng who was awakened by a tenzo. +
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"Record book as abbot," a formal, official document used as a resume by former abbots to demonstrate their seniority according to their dates of being abbots; similar to the kaidōshō. 199n. 127 +
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(6th cent. B.C.E.) Shakyamuni Buddha's disciple. In a past life he had ridiculed a monk, so in this life he was always moving his mouth like a cow chewing its cud. However, he became foremost in understanding of the Vinaya.117n. 12 +
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(n.d.) Also known as Tiemien, "Iron Face," because of his strictness, he was a successor of Huanglong Huinan. +
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"Dragon heavenly being," a nature spirit who helps control weather to avoid natural disasters. Traditionally, all monks in training keep a scroll dedicated to the guardians Ryūten and Dōji, a protector spirit of grounds and buildings, and honor it in their personal services. The scroll is opened, hung, and given offerings the first three days of the new year. 146, 190n. 61 +
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(d. 867) Successor to Huangbo, he was the great, dynamic founder of the Linji! Rinzai branch of Zen. +
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Traditionally the highest rank in the hierarchy of monks' supervisors in Japanese temples. 108n. 64 +
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Fund-raiser or supply provider, literally "town priest teacher," responsible for soliciting donations from patrons and acquiring food provisions. 102n. 11 +
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Not thinking; blank consciousness or absence of thoughts. This is not the goal of Dōgen's zazen. 80n. 36 +
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(769-835) Daowu was a student of Baizhang, then became Dharma heir of Yaoshan Weiyan, along with Daowu's biological and Dharma brother Yunyan, the teacher of Dongshan, founder of the Caodongl Sōtō Lineage. A number of dialogues between Daowu and Yunyan remain as koans. +
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Optional evening food served informally, not in the monks' hall, and considered medicine, not a meal. Literally, "medicine stone," its name comes from the ancient monastic practice of warming rocks and placing them on the belly to stave off hunger. From Dōgen's time to the present, Sōtō monasteries have served food instead. lōOn. 1 +
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Diligent practice, literally, "contemplating the ancients," an important term for Dōgen referring to practice modeled on study of and reflection on the ancient sages and their standards. In modern Japanese it is a common term for practice of arts and sports, as in practicing tea ceremony, practicing the piano, or practicing karate. 193n. 84 +
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The government registry of ordination, literally, "great priest registry," which was the Chinese government official record of monk ordination. All ordinations had to be approved by the government. 199n. 130 +
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(6th century B.C.E.) Shakyamuni Buddha's cousin, close disciple, and personal attendant. Ananda was known for his perfect recall, and the sutras were all said to be dictated by him after Shakyamuni's passing into parinirvana, each with Ananda's opening, "Thus have I heard." Ananda did not awaken until after the Buddha's death, but he became the second ancestor after Mahakashyapa in the Zen lineage. +
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(805-881) Dharma heir of Chuanzi Dechung, who was nicknamed "the boatman" because he lived in the world as a ferryman after the persecution of Buddhism in 842. After transmitting the Dharma to Jiashan, he overturned the boat and disappeared in the water. +
