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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 +
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仏樹明全;Butsuju Myōzen;butsuju myōzen;(1184-1225) Dharma successor of Eisai, he was Dōgen's Japanese teacher and friend, who accompanied Dōgen to China and died there while staying at the Tiantong Monastery. Dōgen praised him highly. +
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眞如;shinnyo;shinnyo;Used for the Sanskrit tathata, suchness or thusness, i.e., ultimate reality. 194n. 93 +
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洛蒲[樂普]元安;Yaopu [Yaopo] Yuan'an,Yao-p'u Yüan-an,Rakufu [Rakuho] Gen'an;yaopu [yaopo] yuan'an,yao-p'u yüan-an,rakufu [rakuho] gen'an;(834-98) The teacher of Qingfeng Zhuanchu. +
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坐蒲;zagen;zagen;Another term for shuso [head monk], or for someone who has been a shuso. 190n. 62 +
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函櫃;kanki;kanki;The wooden cabinets at the foot of each tan in the sōdō, with two large shelves for monks to store their bedding and some personal items. 77n. 13 +
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Aniruddha;(6th cent. B.C.E.) Blind disciple of Shakyamuni. Once he fell asleep during Shakyamuni's lecture, then vowed never to sleep again. Fulfilling this vow, he ruined his eyesight but also developed the heavenly eye with the supernatural power to see past and future. +
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方;kata;kata;Direction, side, method, or person. 196n. 113 +
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魔黨;mato;mato;Demonic inclination, literally "the demons' faction";those who are possessed by the demons of ego and so are blind to reality. 194n. 89 +
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徹通義介;Tettsū Gikai;tettsū gikai;(1219-1309) Student of Dōgen who later became Dharma heir of Koun Ejō and third abbot of Eiheiji. He traveled to China to study Chinese monastic architecture and forms. Teacher of Keizan Jōkin. +
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[黄龍]晦堂祖心;[Huanglong] Huitang Zuxin,Hui-t'ang Tsu-hsin,[Ōryu] Maido Soshin;[huanglong] huitang zuxin,hui-t'ang tsu-hsin,[ōryu] maido soshin;(1025-1100) Dharma heir of Huanglong Huinan. Huitang taught by raising a fist and saying, "If you call this a fist you've said too much. If you say it's not a fist you do not hit the mark." +
