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灌谿志閑;Guanzhi Zhixian,Kuan-chih Chih-Hsien,Kankei Shikan;guanzhi zhixian,kuan-chih chih-hsien,kankei shikan;(d. 895) Considered a Dharma heir of Linji, Guanzhi also studied under, and venerated, the nun Moshan Laoran. +
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歎仏;tanbutsu;tanbutsu;"Praising the Buddha;" used for verses giving homage to buddha (and the three treasures), such as the one chanted as a dedication for donors of meals: "We give homage to the Bhagavat,! the perfect sutras,! and the Mahayana bodhisattva sangha,! with merit and virtue inconceivable." 104n. 28 +
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三会;san'e;san'e;Three roll-downs on a han or bell, a common signal in the monastery with seven, then five, then three slowly and evenly spaced hits, or sometimes seven, five, and then three minutes of such hits, each followed by a series of rapidly accelerating hits which culminate with one, two, and then three hits, respectively. 101n. 6 +
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侍者;jisha;jisha;The abbot's attendant, a senior monk who fulfills many functions, including acting as formal attendant during ceremonies and on travels, acting as a secretary, and acting as intermediary with monks or visitors. 64-5, 76n. 7, 200n. 134 +
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孤雪道權;Guyun Daoquan,Ku-yün Tao-ch'üan,Koun Dōgon;guyun daoquan,ku-yün tao-ch'üan,koun dōgon;(13th cent.) Disciple of Zhuoan Deguang. +
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Jeta;(6th cent. B.C.E.) +
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楊枝;yōji;yōji;Tooth stick;a willow twig whose end was chewed and softened so as to be used like a modern toothbrush for ritual teeth care. Its length was between four and sixteen fingers' width. 79n. 23 +
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大覺懷璉;Daixue Huailian,Tai-hsüeh Huai-lien,Daigaku Eren;daixue huailian,tai-hsüeh huai-lien,daigaku eren;(1009-90) A Dharma successor in the Yunmen lineage. +
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眠單;mintan;mintan;The word Dōgen uses for a sleeping mat, called futon in modern Japan. 78n. 18 +
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雙嶺化;Shuangling Hua,Shuang-ling Hui,Sōrei Ke;shuangling hua,shuang-ling hui,sōrei ke;(n.d.) A Dharma successor of Huitang Zuxin. +
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外堂;gaidō;gaidō;[also gaitan] The outer hall, which is just outside the curtained entryway to the main or inner hall naidō, and where Manjushri's jisha, new or visiting monks, monks who attend to guests, and the temple administrators all have their places. 78n. 14 +
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上座;jōza;jōza;A translation for thera, the Sanskrit for" elders" in the old Theravada tradition. Jōza originally meant senior monks who had been ordained over twenty years. Gradually it has come to refer to junior monks. In modern Sōtō and sometimes in Dōgen's usage, jōza refers to those who have not yet been shuso in a monastery, although Dōgen uses it interchangeably with taiko in "The Dharma when Meeting Senior Instructors." 107n. 56, 126n. 2 +
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聖僧;shosō;shosō;Literally, "holy monk," this refers to the figure on the central altar. In the sōdō this is Manjushri, the bodhisattva of wisdom, evoking the penetrating insight of meditation cutting through delusion. In the shuryō study hall the shosō is Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion, who studies the causes and conditions of suffering and the skillful teachings to alleviate it. 76n. 6, 81n. 40 +
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正念;shōnen;shōnen;Right mindfulness, one of the practices of the noble eightfold path, taught by Shakyamuni as the fourth Noble Truth. 194n. 92 +
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等量;tōryō;tōryō;Equality, or the equal measure of two different quantities. 100n. 4 +
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Nanda;(6th cent. B.C.E.) Half-brother of Shakyamuni;they were both sons of King Suddhodana. After Shakyamuni left home Nanda became the heir to the throne, but later joined the Buddhist order and became an awakened arhat. +
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回向;ekō;ekō;"Recite dedications," done after all chanting to dedicate and transfer the resulting merit and benefit to all beings. 190n. 61 +
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編参;henzan;henzan;All-inclusive study, or to study widely, a term for the traditional practice of a monk traveling to visit different teachers to test the monk's own (and the teachers') awareness. "Henzan" is the name of one of the chapters in Dōgen's Shōbōgenzō, in which he indicates that to study widely [henzan] is to study oneself widely. 195n.98 +
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心術;shinjutsu;shinjutsu;Arts, techniques, or skillfulness of mind;generally, all helpful mental attitudes. 195n. 96 +
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参;san;san;To study thoroughly. Also diversity or multiplicity. Also the community dharma meeting with the teacher to receive instruction, sometimes with questions and responses. There are various different kinds of san meetings, depending on where and when it is held, e.g., chōsan in the morning, bansan in the evening, shōsan in the abbot's room, and daisan in the dharma hall. 52n. 17 +
