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街坊化主;gaibō keshu;gaibō keshu;Fund-raiser or supply provider, literally "town priest teacher," responsible for soliciting donations from patrons and acquiring food provisions. 102n. 11 +
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不思量;fushiryō;fushiryō;Not thinking;blank consciousness or absence of thoughts. This is not the goal of Dōgen's zazen. 80n. 36 +
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道吾圓智;Daowu Yuanzhi,Tao-wu Yüan-chih,Dōgo Enchi;daowu yuanzhi,tao-wu yüan-chih,dōgo enchi;(769-835) Daowu was a student of Baizhang, then became Dharma heir of Yaoshan Weiyan, along with Daowu's biological and Dharma brother Yunyan, the teacher of Dongshan, founder of the Caodongl Sōtō Lineage. A number of dialogues between Daowu and Yunyan remain as koans. +
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薬石;yakuseki;yakuseki;Optional evening food served informally, not in the monks' hall, and considered medicine, not a meal. Literally, "medicine stone," its name comes from the ancient monastic practice of warming rocks and placing them on the belly to stave off hunger. From Dōgen's time to the present, Sōtō monasteries have served food instead. lōOn. 1 +
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稽古;keiko;keiko;Diligent practice, literally, "contemplating the ancients," an important term for Dōgen referring to practice modeled on study of and reflection on the ancient sages and their standards. In modern Japanese it is a common term for practice of arts and sports, as in practicing tea ceremony, practicing the piano, or practicing karate. 193n. 84 +
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大僧帳;daisōchō;daisōchō;The government registry of ordination, literally, "great priest registry," which was the Chinese government official record of monk ordination. All ordinations had to be approved by the government. 199n. 130 +
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Ananda;(6th century B.C.E.) Shakyamuni Buddha's cousin, close disciple, and personal attendant. Ananda was known for his perfect recall, and the sutras were all said to be dictated by him after Shakyamuni's passing into parinirvana, each with Ananda's opening, "Thus have I heard." Ananda did not awaken until after the Buddha's death, but he became the second ancestor after Mahakashyapa in the Zen lineage. +
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夾山善曾;Jiashan Shanhui,Chia-shan Shan-hui,Kassan Zenne;jiashan shanhui,chia-shan shan-hui,kassan zenne;(805-881) Dharma heir of Chuanzi Dechung, who was nicknamed "the boatman" because he lived in the world as a ferryman after the persecution of Buddhism in 842. After transmitting the Dharma to Jiashan, he overturned the boat and disappeared in the water. +
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潙山靈祐;Guishan Lingyou,Kuei-shan Ling-yu,Isan Reiyū;guishan lingyou,kuei-shan ling-yu,isan reiyū;(771-853) A disciple of Baizhang Huaihai, Guishan was the founder, along with his disciple Yangshan Huiji, of one of the five lineages of classical Chinese Zen Buddhism, the Guiyang house (Igyō in Japanese). Guishan's "Admonitions" is an early warning against laxity in the Zen community. Praised by Dōgen as a former tenzo, he is referred to frequently in the Eihei Shingi. +
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馬祖道一;Mazu Dao-i,Ma-tsu Tao-i,Baso Dōitsu;mazu dao-i,ma-tsu tao-i,baso dōitsu;(709-88) Two generations after the Sixth Ancestor Huineng, he was the great master of his time along with Shitou, and had 139 awakened disciples, including Baizhang and Nanquan. Mazu was an instigator of dynamic, animated Chan style. +
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Ashvaghosha;(1st-2nd cent.?) Buddhist poet and teacher, considered the twelfth Indian ancestor in the Zen tradition, two generations before Nagarjuna. Amongst texts uncertainly, though traditionally, attributed to him are the early Mahayana classic, The Awakening of Faith, and "The Dharma of Serving your Teacher." +
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僧;sō;sō;As in sōda, one of four terms for a monk that Dōgen commonly uses in Eihei Shingi. The others are shu, unsui, and biku. 53n. 22 +
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洞山守初;Dongshan Shouchu,Tung-shan Shou-ch'u,Tōzan Shusho;dongshan shouchu,tung-shan shou-ch'u,tōzan shusho;(910-90) A disciple of Yunmen cited by Dōgen as a model tenzo. +
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Nagarjuna;(2d-3d cent.) A great early exponent of Mahayana Buddhism in India and especially of the Madhyamika teaching, which minutely analyzed the implications of sunyata [relativity or emptiness] doctrine. Nagarjuna's teaching is so universally acclaimed that virtually all later Mahayana movements claim him as an ancestor;he is considered the fourteenth ancestor in the Zen lineage. +
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大開静;daikaijō;daikaijō;Same as kaidaijō. 80n. 29 +
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頭陀;zuda;zuda;Wandering ascetic, from the Sanskrit dhuta, referring to ascetic practitioners. Originally the term referred to a set of twelve specific purifying practices, including always remaining outdoors, only taking one meal daily before noon, and never lying down. 186n.36 +
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鑑智儈璨;Jianzhi Sêngcan,Chien-shih Seng-ts'an,Kanchi Sōsan;jianzhi sêngcan,chien-shih seng-ts'an,kanchi sōsan;(d. 606) The Third Ancestor of Chan, a leper who was later cured, he is said to have died standing up. The still-popular long teaching poem "Inscription on Faith in Mind" ("Shinjinmei" in Japanese), is attributed to him. +
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上堂;jōdō;jōdō;"Go up in the hall," i.e., to attend a formal lecture of the abbot, in which no text is used, although possibly starting off from a koan or phrase from a sutra. The term is also used for the abbot going to give the lecture. 190n. 60 +
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正等覺;shōtōkaku;shōtōkaku;Japanese pronunciation for the usual Chinese translation of the Sanskrit anuttara samyak sambodhi, the unsurpassed, complete perfect enlightenment of a buddha. 100n. 4 +
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滅度;metsudo;metsudo;Parinirvana, literally extinction and crossing over, referring to a buddha's passing into the ultimate state of nirvana upon death. 198n. 124 +
