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Omens or signs, also judgments or predictions. 76n. 4 +
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(675-713) Famous for becoming a successor to the Sixth Ancestor after spending only one night at his temple. Yongjia's "Song of Enlightenment [or Verification] of the Way," "Shōdōka" in Japanese, remains a popular Zen text. +
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(991-1067) Dharma heir of Shexian Guisheng, despite having been previously expelled from his assembly. He also saved the Caodong/Sōtō lineage from extinction when Dayang Qingxuan was going to die without a Dharma heir. Fushan was in complete Dharma accord with Dayang, but was unwilling to take on the responsibility of publicly proclaiming the Sōtō style in addition to his Rinzai lineage from Guisheng. However, he was able later to transmit the Sōtō lineage from Dayang to his own student, Touzi Yiqing. +
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Full name for dōans, or possibly a particular dōan job. 80n. 33 +
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A senior (greater than oneself), described in "The Dharma when Meeting Senior Instructors," where they are defined as those who have completed five monastic training periods. 126n. 1 +
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The room where traveling monks stay when visiting or before they are accepted into the sōdō. Traditionally, for about a week before admittance to a monastery, Zen monks must sit still in zazen all day inside the tangaryō, intermittently also receiving instructions in the procedures and customs of the particular temple and region. 187n. 44 +
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Literally, "release from meeting," indicating no meeting with the teacher that day. In "The Model for Engaging the Way" ("Bendōhō"), the days it occurs is unclear, perhaps occurring only for a period in late afternoon or early evening. In modern Sōtō monasteries, hōsan is announced (in the same manner described in "Bendōhō") on the afternoons of days ending in three or eight, and then the subsequent four or nine days hōsan is observed with some extra break time. 71, 73, 80n. 34,99 +
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(1121-1203) A disciple of Dahui Zonggao; an abbot of Ayuwang Monastery. +
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(947-1024) Teacher of Ciming Quyuan's, and thus ancestor of all surviving Linji lineages, Fenyang was the first master to add verse commentaries to the old stories or koans. A student of the CaodongtSōtō lineage before receiving the Linji/Rinzai transmission from his teacher Shoushan Xingnian, Fenyang introduced the Caodong five ranks teaching into the Linji tradition. +
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(6th cent. B.C.E.) King of Magadha who was a follower of Shakyamuni and donated land for the first Buddhist monastery. 113 +
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A place for practice/realization of the Way; used for the Sanskrit bodhimandala, originally the site of Buddha's enlightenment. Now also commonly used for martial arts practice halls. 115, 119n.21 +
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A wooden sounding block used in rituals. It usually consists of a thin, eight-sided block a few feet high, with a small block a few inches high set on top of it to be used as a mallet. It stays to the left of the Manjushri altar, and when not in use the smaller block is covered by a cloth (in modern times usually purple). 87,89, 103n. 16, 135, 136 +
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Practice-certification, authentification, or enlightenment. Used by Dōgen to express the nonduality of practice and true awakening. Practice is the expression and celebration of enlightenment, rather than a means to attain some later, resultant experience identified as enlightenment. 75n. 4 +
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"Entrust or hold up bowls" at nose height with the thumb and first two fingers of both hands. Takuhatsu also refers to the customary monks' begging rounds, in which the bowls are also held in this way to receive donations. 103n. 18, 105n. 36 +
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Literally, "fire han," this is the first lunch signal. The three strikes on the unpan, done when the fire is extinguished under the rice, signals that food will be ready soon. 80n. 32 +
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(745-828) Dharma heir of Shitou, he also studied with Mazu. He was the teacher of Dongshan Liangjie's teacher Yunyan. His description of zazen as "beyond-thinking," hishiryo, is much quoted by Dōgen. +
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The shuryō manager, a separate position rotated at weekly to monthly intervals between all of the monks. The ryōshu cleans and cares for the study hall, requests supplies when needed, and pacifies disputes within the shuryō. 81n. 39 +
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Nirmanakaya, a historically appearing transformation body of buddha; one of the three bodies of buddha. See also hōshin, hosshin. 104n. 27 +
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All the other eating bowls after the zuhatsu, the largest being the zukun. 103n. 19 +
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(9th cent.) Student of Yaopu Yuan'an, he was probably the teacher of Baoen Xuanze before Fayan. +
