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書記;shoki;shoki;The head scribe/secretary, who always sits next to the shuso in the sōdō, and otherwise assists the head monk. See chōshū. 52n. 18,90,105n. 32 +
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喝食行者;kasshiki anja;kasshiki anja;The anja who calls out the names of courses as they are served during meals. Before the serving they also carry to the altar the meal-offering tray, with small portions of that meal's food in miniature monk's bowls. As servers enter, this anja stands just inside the door, bows in shashu, and announces the names of the courses for breakfast and lunch, i.e., "gruel" and "vegetables" at breakfast, and "rice," "soup," and "vegetables" at lunch. The anja also announces when servers enter to provide second helpings, to collect lunch spirit offerings, saba, to distribute water for cleaning bowls, and to provide buckets for collecting the water. 102n. 15, 105n.33 +
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都寺;tsūsu;tsūsu;The director of a monastery, one of the six temple administrators. See chiji. 34, 50n. 4, 102n. 11 +
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寂滅;jakumetsu;jakumetsu;Nirvana, literally, "serene cessation," considered the goal of practice in Theravada Buddhism. 182n. 8 +
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清規;Shingi;shingi;Pure standards, as in Eihei Shingi. Gi is standard or measure. This shin means pure. This could also be interpreted as "standards for purity," so that Dōgen's work might also imply standards for a pure community. 115n. 1 +
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闡提;sendai;sendai;Lacking the requisite faith for entering practice. It is short for issendai, which is the standard Japanese transliteration of the Sanskrit word icchantika. This is a traditional Indian Buddhist term for beings initially understood as completely devoid of buddha nature and therefore incapable of enlightenment, but later interpreted as those completely lacking in faith but who might possibly later develop some capacity for practice. 194n. 89 +
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触禮;sokurei;sokurei;An informal full prostration, done with the zagu folded up and placed horizontally on the ground in front of the bowing monk, rather than spread out on the ground. 118n. 16 +
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法眼文益;Fayan Wenyi,Fa-yen Wên-yi,Hōgen Mon' eki;fayan wenyi,fa-yen wên-yi,hōgen mon' eki;(885-958) Three generations after Xuefeng and the student of Luohan Guichen, Fayan is considered the founder of the Fayan lineage, one of the five houses or "schools" of classical Zen. +
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監院;kan'in;kan'in;Director of a monastery. This is the name formerly given to the one person who did the work that was later divided between the director (tsūsu), assistant director (kansu), and treasurer (fūsu), the first three of the six temple administrators. Smaller temples still have just one kan'in position for the three, and some larger temples also still have an additional kan'in administrator, whose job includes receiving important guests. 102n. 11, 132-35, 152-66 +
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這辺;shahen;shahen;Literally, "here," which sometimes indicates the concrete reality here and now, as opposed to nahen. 52n. 16 +
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遊山;yusan;yusan;Literally, "playing or wandering out in the mountains," a common Chinese and Japanese expression for going out to enjoy oneself. 184n. 23 +
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報恩玄則;Baoen Xuanze,Pao-ên Hsüan-tsê,Hōon Gensoku;baoen xuanze,pao-ên hsüan-tsê,hōon gensoku;(9th-10th cent.) A Dharma heir of Fayan. +
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南泉普願;Nanquan Puyuan,Nan-ch'üan P'u-yüan,Nansen Fugan;nanquan puyuan,nan-ch'üan p'u-yüan,nansen fugan;(748-835) A Dharma heir of Mazu and teacher of the great Zhaozhou, Nanquan is featured in many koans;he is known for his sickle, his love of cows, and for cutting a cat. +
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Dhrtaka;Daitaka;daitaka;(n.d.) The fifth ancestor in India, according to the lineage accepted in Zen. +
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蔵主;zōsu;zōsu;The librarian of a monastery. See chōshu. 52n. 18 +
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椅子;isu;isu;The abbot's wooden armchair, separate from the monks' platform or tan, large enough to sit on cross-legged on a large cushion, but not to sleep on. It is to the right of the front door as one enters, and faces Manjushri, i.e., in front of Manjushri slightly to his left. 76n. 6 +
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單頭;tantō;tantō;Literally, "head of the tan," referring to the person who assists the godō as head of training. The tanta sits at the head of the platform opposite the seidō, by the back entrance of the south, lower side of the monks' hall.105n. 34 +
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山谷黄;Shanku Huang,Shan-k'u Huang,Sankoku Ō;shanku huang,shan-k'u huang,sankoku ō;(1045-1105) A noted poet and government official who was a lay disciple of Huitang Zuxin. +
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掛搭;kata;kata;Literally, "hang one's belongings" (for a monk their robes and bowls) at a particular temple and practice there as a resident monk for some period. 54n. 30 +
geshe;geshe;title conferred on one who has completed a Tibetan monastic education in such Buddhist studies as logic, epistemology, philosophy, metaphysics and rules of discipline. +
