首山省念;Shoushan Xingnian,Shou-shan Shêng-nien,Shusan Shōnen;shoushan xingnian,shou-shan shêng-nien,shusan shōnen;(926-93) Student of Fengxue Yanzhao;teacher of Fenyang and of Shexian Guisheng. +
司馬承禎;Sima Chengzheng,Ssu-ma Ch'êng-chêng,Shiba Shōtei;sima chengzheng,ssu-ma ch'êng-chêng,shiba shōtei;(n.d.) A lay disciple of Mazu Dao-i, Sima was noted for geomantic skill, which he used to help find sites for temples, including Guishan. +
普請;fushin;fushin;Community work, literally, "everyone invited," a word still used in common Japanese for community work projects. During fushin, also called samu, everyone in the monastery, without exception, is expected to work. This tradition derives from Baizhang, who is famous for saying, "A day without work is a day without eating." 184n. 26 +
無量宗壽;Wuliang Congzhou,Wu-liang Ts'ung-shou,Muryō Sōju;wuliang congzhou,wu-liang ts'ung-shou,muryō sōju;(13th cent.) Compiled "The Daily Life in the Assembly" in 1209 as a procedural handbook for daily monks' practice, using many of the same sources as Eihei Shingi. +
被;hi;hi;Quilt or thick cloth used to cover oneself when lying down, and folded up in a particular manner when put away. Its use in Zen dates back to the founder, Bodhidharma, often depicted with it covering his head and body while sitting in his cold cave in North China. 78n. 15 +
堂行;dōan;dōan;Short for dosu kuka anja. The dōans, literally the inō's anjas or attendants, strike instruments during chanting and make offerings (flowers, incense, etc.) to altars. 80n. 33 +
洞山良价;Dongshan Liangjie,Tung-shan Liang-chieh,Tōzan Ryōkai;dongshan liangjie,tung-shan liang-chieh,tōzan ryōkai;(807-69) Founder of the Caodong (Soto) lineage, the branch of Chan later transmitted by Dōgen to Japan. He is author of the "Song of the Jewel-Mirror Samadhi" ["Hokyo-Zammai" in Japanese], which initiated the five ranks or degrees teaching as a dialectical underpinning to Caodong practice. Dongshan was Dharma successor of Yunyan, although he also studied with Nanquan and Guishan. +
受戒;jukai;jukai;Ordination, literally, "to receive precepts," a term used in Japanese Sōtō Zen for both householder, zaike, lay ordination and home-leaving, tokudo, monk ordination. 182n. 3 +
正見;shōken;shōken;Right view, one of the practices of the noble eightfold path, taught by Shakyamuni as the fourth Noble Truth, the way to the end of dissatisfaction or suffering. 196n. 109 +
刷;setsu;setsu;Also called hassetsu, a wooden stick about seven inches long with a changeable cloth tip, used for wiping the eating bowls after meals. 104n. 23 +
御袈裟;okesa;okesa;A monk's robe-a large, rectangular wrap, since the time of Shakyamuni traditionally sewed together by monks following a particular pattern and ritual sewing practice. Originally the okesa was made from discarded rags, dyed uniformly. 39, 53n. 22,70 +
明庵[葉上]栄西;Myōan [Yōjō] Eisai;myōan [yōjō] eisai;(1141-1215) Travelled to China and became successor in the Huanglong (Oryu) branch of Rinzai Zen, which he introduced to Japan. He founded the Kenninji Temple in Kyoto, where Dōgen practiced before, and just after, going to China. Dōgen may have met him as a young monk, and later spoke of Eisai with great respect. +
卜相;bokusō;bokusō;Fortune-telling and geomancy, referring to divination using palm or face reading, or geomantic techniques based on landscape and spatial configuration. 196n. 114 +
応量器;ōryōki;ōryōki;Literally, "container for the appropriate amount," another name for hatsu-u, the set of five eating bowls with wrapping cloth, wiping cloth, lap cloth, utensil bag with utensils, and lacquered paper place mat. The word ōryōki is used for the whole set or just for the largest bowl, and is much more commonly used today than the word hatsu-u (although Dōgen does not use the word ōryōki in "The Dharma for Taking Food"). In modern Sōtō practice, in Japan and the West, the traditional style of ōryōki is used only by priests, and a slightly simplified version with three bowls is used by laypeople.103n. 19 +