上肩;jōken;jōken;Literally, "the left shoulder." This indicates a clockwise turn, "to the right" as we would say in English, i.e. leading from the left shoulder, not turning toward the left. 101n. 10 +
住持三寶;jūji sanbō;jūji sanbō;One of the three categories of three treasures (buddha, dharma, sangha), i.e., the three treasures upheld and maintained after Shakyamuni, namely, buddha images, printed sutras, and the community of fellow practitioners. Jūji [reside and maintain or uphold] is the same word used for the abbot of a temple. The other two types of three treasures are itai sanbō and genzen sanbō. 116n. 4 +
石霜慶諸;Shishuang Qingzhu,Shih-shuang Ch'ing-chu,Sekisō Keisho;shishuang qingzhu,shih-shuang ch'ing-chu,sekisō keisho;(807-888) Dharma heir of Daowu Yuanzhi, who had been tenzo for Guishan, Shishuang Qingzhu's assembly was noted for always sleeping sitting up, and so was called the "Dead Tree Hall." +
梵行;bongyō;bongyō;Pure conduct;in Sanskrit brahmacharya, used in India for any religious practice, but also implying ascetic renunciation of desires, particularly including celibacy. 182n. 7 +
鉢單;hattan;hattan;A lacquered paper place mat that the eating bowls are set on to protect the cloth from water. Between meals it is folded up and sits on the bowls inside the wrapping cloth. 103n. 21 +
方便;hōben;hōben;Skillful means, in Sanskrit upaya, the traditional Mahayana methodology of conveying the truth appropriately to all the various beings with their diverse needs and conditioning. This is especially expounded in the Lotus Sutra. 192n. 75 +
三号;sangō;sangō;Mountain name of a temple. East Asian Buddhist temples traditionally have both a mountain name, after the name of the mountain where they are located, and a temple name, jigō. 108n. 64 +
佛眼淸遠;Foyan Qingyuan,Fo-yen Ch'ing-yüan,Butsugen Seion;foyan qingyuan,fo-yen ch'ing-yüan,butsugen seion;(1067-1120) Student of Wuzu Fayan, and teacher of Zhu' an Shigui. +
末法;mappō;mappō;The Latter Age of the Dharma, when only the teaching, and not the enlightenment and practice of the True and Semblance Ages [shōbō and zōhō] remain. According to this theory, which was popular in Dōgen's time, in the Semblance Age only practice and teaching are available, and in the Latter Age (considered to have already arrived) only the teaching still exists. Although Dōgen sometimes uses this theory of Buddhist history in exhortations, elsewhere he discounts its validity, affirming that the whole of buddha's practice and enlightenment is always available. 117n. 13 +
開大静;kaidaijō;kaidaijō;Literally, "opening the great stillness." The signal of night's end on the unpan and various hans that closes early morning zazen and announces the time to put away bedding, chant the robe verse, and put on the okesa. Also called daikaijō. 80n. 29 +
法;hō;hō;Chinese character used for dharma, a Sanskrit word, referring to the teaching of reality (often implying the Buddhist Dharma or teaching);the truth of reality itself;the elements of that realm of reality;and this teaching as means or path to align with that reality. This character also is used for the ordinary meanings of method, procedure, model, custom, or manner. Dōgen often conflates these two realms of meaning, for example to indicate that manners are teachings of reality. 101n. 7 +
随喜;zuiki;zuiki;To feel appropriate delight and enjoyment when participating in practice;a Buddhist term for the joy of engaging in beneficial activity, including ceremonies and other formal practice activities. It is derived from the Lotus Sutra, chapter 18 "The Merit of Appropriate Joy," which describes the zuiki of the bodhisattva upon hearing the Dharma or upon seeing others' good deeds or resultant happiness. In the sutra, the bodhisattva Maitreya says in agatha, "After the World-Honored One's passage into extinction, / If there is one who hears this scripture / And if he can rejoice appropriately [zuiki], / How much happiness shall he obtain?" 203n. 151 +
mokugyo.jpg;hou;hou;Literally, "wooden fish";the long, hollow, wooden, fishshaped drum hanging in the outer hall, and used during the meal ritual. It is struck by a long wooden pole. In Dōgen's time this was called the mokugyō. 102n. 12 +