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Literally, "sewn together." A one-piece robe to be worn beneath the okesa, adopted in the twelfth century by Chinese and Japanese monks to replace the two-piece sankun. In Dōgen's time monks wore only this one robe under the okesa, but modern Japanese monks wear the okesa over a long robe, koromo, with a long underrobe, kimono, beneath that. 78n. 17  +
(781-841) Dharma heir of Yaoshan after serving twenty years as Baizhang's jisha without having realization (unlike his older biological brother Daowu, who was also a student of Baizhang and Yaoshan). Yunyan later was the teacher of Dongshan Liangjie, who honored Yunyan as his master before other, more famous teachers only because Yunyan "Never explained anything to him directly."  +
A leading disciple of a master. Literally meaning" divine feet," this also is used for the supernatural power to go anywhere or transform oneself at will. 185n. 29  +
(1592-1673) Chinese master who founded the Japanese Ōbaku School in 1654, importing the style and forms of Ming dynasty Chinese Buddhism.  +
(1198-1280) Dōgen's senior student and Dharma heir, and second abbot of Eiheiji. He edited many of Dōgen's writings and talks.  +
Noble person, implying a wise, respected person of honor. 197n. 117  +
(822-908) After serving as tenzo at many temples, he finally became the heir of Deshan Xuanjian. Xuefeng was the teacher of Yunmen and was the third-generation ancestor of Fayan, founders of two of the five classical Chan lineages.  +
Dharma meeting of the community in the abbot's room. See san. 52n. 17  +
(1424-1502?) Fifteenth abbot of Eiheiji, he first collected and copied "Tenzokyokun" and "Chiji Shingi."  +
Old term for a monastery's mill manager. Other terms for this position are mage, ma'in and masa. 147-48, 193n. 79  +
One of the three categories of three treasures (buddha, dharma, sangha), i.e., the three treasures of the historically manifested Shakyamuni Buddha. The other two types are itai sanbō and jūji sanbō. 116n. 4  +
(10th cent.) A Dharma successor of Shoushan Xingian in the fifth generation after Linji, he was known for his strictness.  +
Mature newcomers, those who first come to practice at a late age. 117n. 9  +