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大悟;daigo;daigo;Great realization or enlightenment. Particularly in the Rinzai lineage, but not for Dōgen, daigo is someimes used to indicate a special opening experience resulting from practice. Traditionally, daigo is final, absolute enlightenment, contrasted to experiences of glimpsing enlightenment, shogo. For Dōgen, daigo is being free from ideas about the distinction between enlightenment and delusion. 76n. 4, 184n. 21 +
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商量;}shōryō;}shōryō;"Carefully determine," used both for merchants settling on a price and, in Zen dialogues, for investigating understanding of dharma. 52n. 19 +
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戒臘;kairo;kairo;Literally, the end of the year precepts [were received]. A monk's ordination age, or years since ordination, is important as the basis for seating and various other arrangements in the monastery. This system of seniority or hierarchy can have an egalitarian aspect, as it counters ambition based on individual qualities. 101n. 8 +
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大坐茶湯;daiza chato;daiza chato;Tea offered in the sōdō;a ceremony in which tea is offered to the assembly by the abbot or director four times a year: at the winter solstice, New Year's day, and the beginning and end of the summer practice period.108n. 65 +
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衆;shu;shu;One of four terms for a monk that Dōgen commonly uses in Eihei Shingi, along with sō, unsui, and biku. Shu also means assembly, or the community of monks. 53n. 22 +
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得度;tokudo;tokudo;Literally, "attain the Way;" used for home-leaving monk ordination. See jukai. 182n. 3 +
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做手脚;sashu kyaku;sashu kyaku;Everyday activities;literally, "using your arms and legs." 191n. 69 +
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投子大同;Touzi Datong,T'ou-tzu Ta-t'ung,Tōsu Daidō;touzi datong,t'ou-tzu ta-t'ung,tōsu daidō;(819-914) Teacher of Dongkeng Yanjun. Touzi was in the lineage two generations after Danxia Tianran, the student of Shitou famous for burning a buddha statue to warm himself +
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長蘆宗賾;Changlu Zongze,Ch'ang-lu Tsung-tsê,Chōro Sasaku;changlu zongze,ch'ang-lu tsung-tsê,chōro sasaku;(d. 12th cent.) A master in the Yunmen lineage, in 1103 he compiled the Zen'en Shingi [Pure Standnrds for the Zen Garden;Chanyuan Qinggui in Chinese], which was the model for Dōgen's Eihei Shingi, and which Dōgen quotes extensively. +
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Mahakashyapa;(6th cent. B.C.E.) The disciple of Shakyamuni considered to be the first Indian ancestor of Zen. He said to have received transmission of the true Dharma eye treasury when he smiled at Shakyamuni's twirling of a flower before the assembly at Vulture Peak. He was known as foremost amongst the disciples in ascetic practice, and is said to be waiting in a Himalayan cave to transmit Shakyamuni's robe to the future Buddha Maitreya. +
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典座;tenzo;tenzo;The chief cook of a monastery. Dōgen discusses this position in detail in the first essay, "Instructions for the Tenzo," and in a later section of "Pure Standards for the Temple Administrators." This is one of the six temple administrator positions. See chiji. 3349, 50n. 4,136-43,170-79 +
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辧道;bendō;bendō;"Wholeheartedly engage the Way." This is used in the title of "Bendōhō," the second essay in Eihei Shingi, and also in Dōgen's writing "Bendōwa" . 54n. 32 +
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副寺;fūsu;fūsu;The treasurer of a monastery, one of the six temple administrators. See chiji. 34, 50n. 4, 102n. 11 +
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正命;shōmyo;shōmyo;Right livelihood, one practice of the noble eightfold path of Shakyamuni. 197n. 116 +
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坐蒲;zafu;zafu;The modern word for the round sitting cushion used in zazen. Dōgen instead usually uses the word futon for what we now call a zafu;the ton of futon means "round." In contemporary Rinzai Zen flat cushions are used instead of zafus. 78n. 18 +
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堂頭;dōchō;dōchō;Literally, "head of the hall," a common term for abbot. 81n. 38 +
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四念住;shinenju;shinenju;The four abodes of mindfulness: remembrance of the impurity of the body;of the suffering inherent in sensation;of the impermanence of mind;and of the insubstantiality of all entities. 117n.8 +
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庫司;kusu;kusu;Director;the same as kan'in or inju. It refers to the previous director position, now divided into the first three of the modern six temple administrators. 183n. 18 +
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衆寮;shuryō;shuryō;The monks' study hall (or,5 literally, "assembly hall") behind the sōdō, where monks study, rest, or drink tea at assigned places during breaks. It is structured like the sōdō in terms of seating assignments and configuration. The seats are on narrower platforms than in the sōdō, since they are not for sleeping, and instead of cabinets for bedding, at the end of each monk's platform is a small desk for study materials. Instead of Manjushri, the shurya has Avalokiteshvara enshrined on the central altar. 70,80n. 30, 109-15, 116n. 1 +
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那頭;natō;natō;"That" signifying universal interdependence;contrasted with shatō "this," or individual, concrete phenomena. 54n. 35 +
