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Manager of miso in a monastery kitchen. 193n. 79 +
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(d. 532) Legendary Indian monk who came to China and became founder of Chan Buddhism. He is considered twentyeighth in the Indian lineage from Shakyamuni. 75n. 3 +
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Literally, "wooden fish"; in Dōgen's time the name for the long, hollow, wooden, fish-shaped drum hanging in the outer hall. It is now called the hou, "fish drum." This is used during the meal ritual, struck by a long wooden pole. Mokugyo currently refers to a spherical, wooden drum used during chanting. It is struck by a wooden striker with a large, padded head. Often painted red, it has the stylized image of two fishes with dragon heads, together holding a round jewel in their mouths. This spherical mokugya was introduced to Japan in the seventeenth century by the Chinese monk Yinyuan, founder of the Japanese Ōbaku school. 86, 102n. 12 +
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The largest hatsu-u eating bowl after the zuhatsu; largest of the kunsu. 103n. 19 +
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(882-966) A successor of Touzi Datong, who was two generations after Danxia Tiaman, a student of Shitou. +
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(n.d.) A Dharma heir of Yaoshan nicknamed "the boatman," he lived in the world as a ferryman after the persecution of Buddhism in 842. After transmitting the Dharma to Jiashan Shanhui, he overturned the boat and disappeared in the water. +
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(1083-1146) A Dharma heir of Foyan Qingyuan, who was a student of Wuzu Fayan. Zhu'an is also known as Kushan [Drum Mountain], where he later taught and which was a center of Buddhist studies in Dōgen's time. Zhu' an, who is praised by Dōgen for his literary expression of Dharma, compiled a collection of stories, "Zen Gate Jeweled Instructions," together with Dahui. +
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Monastic practice periods, literally, "peaceful abiding." These are ninety-day training periods of concentrated practice without leaving the monastic enclosure (except for monks going out for necessary temple business). They date back to the summer rainy season retreats of Shakyamuni's time. In Japan they have been held twice a year, in summer and winter.101n. 9 +
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A cloud-shaped flat metal gong in front of the kitchen. It is struck with a wooden mallet. 80n. 29 +
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(1091-1157) Also called Tiantong Hongzhi, having been abbot at the Tiantong monastery where Dōgen's master Tiantong Rujing later taught, Hongzhi was the most influential Chinese Sōtō teacher in the century before Dōgen. Hongzhi poetically articulated the Caodong/Sōtō tradition's meditation praxis, known as silent or serene illumination, and he also selected the cases and wrote the verse commentaries that were later compiled into the important koan collection called the Book of Serenity [Shōyoroku in Japanese]. +
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Literally" sitting futon," this word is usually used in the West for the square, flat mat the zafu is placed on during zazen. In Japan this is called zaniku, and the word zabuton is used for smaller, everyday sitting mats. 78n. 18 +
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Sambhogakaya, the meditative bliss, reward body of buddha; one of the three bodies of buddha along with the dharmakaya hosshin, and the nirmanakaya keshin. 104n. 27 +
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A meal-offering verse; chanted after the homages to the ten names of buddha. 104n. 29 +
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(1200-1253) Founder of the Japanese Sōtō Zen lineage. Founder of Eiheiji monastery. Author of the Shōbōgenzō and Eihei Shingi. +
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True Dharma Eye Treasury; the name of Dōgen's masterwork. Also the description of what was transmitted between Shakyamuni and Mahakashyapa. ix, 1-2, 19,21,22,25 +
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(1264-1325) Dharma heir of Tettsu Gikai and founder of Sōjiji Monastery, Keizan extended Sōtō Zen widely into the Japanese lay populace. Author of the Keizan Shingi, he is considered the second founder of Japanese Sōtō Zen. +
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Another name for sōdō, the monks' hall. 76n. 5 +
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Platforms in the sōdō on which monks sit, eat, and sleep. Zazen is done facing the wall, while meals are taken facing the center of the room. The tan is also wide enough for monks to sleep at their places; cabinets with bedding are along the wall. Tan could also refer to the sitting platforms in the shurya. 77n. 10 +
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(638-713) The famous Sixth Ancestor of Chan (five generations after the founder Bodhidharma), whose biography and teachings were expounded in the Platform Sutra. The Sixth Ancestor is a primary example in Zen of a humble, illiterate person who realizes complete awakening. +
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(5th cent. B.C.E.) Founded a school of philosophy named after him in China's Warring States Period (403-221 B.C.E.) +
