Flashcards
Chapter 17: Zen Buddhism
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- 1ZEN"Japanese rendering of the Chinese ch'an, meaning absorption or meditations. It can refer to a school of Buddhism or to the ineffable experience of oneness with reality." P. 424
- 2BUDDHA"'Awake' or 'Enlightened One.' One who has fully awakened to the Truth." P. 425
- 3TRIPITAKA"Sanskrit for the 'Three Baskets' or collections of Buddhist scriptures." P. 425
- 4HINAYANA"Sanskrit for 'small vehicle,' a designation for the southern schools of Buddhism concerned with personal liberation. One of the two major divisions of Buddhism." P. 425
- 5THERAVADA"Pali for the 'teaching of the Elders,' the form of Buddhism dominant in Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia. Sometimes referred to as the Hinayana." P. 425
- 6MAHAYANA"Sanskrit for 'great vehicle,' one of the two major divisions of Buddhism, concerned with the liberation of all sentient beings." P. 425
- 7BODHISATTVA"Sanskit for 'enlightenment being,' a person who has vowed not to accept final liberation from suffering until all sentient beings are liberated; the ideal of the Mahayana tradition." P. 425
- 8ATMAN"Sanskirt for soul, self, or ego." P. 426
- 9DEPENDENT ORIGINATION"The Buddhist concept of interconnected causality." P. 426
- 10DHARMA"Sanskrit for the truth or law of the universe discovered by the Buddha; the Buddha's teaching." P. 426
- 11ANICCA"Pali for impermanence and transiency, one of the three characteristics of existence according to the Buddha." P. 427
- 12DUKKHA"Pali for suffering, dissatisfaction, imperfection, incompleteness; one of the three characteristics of existence according to the Buddha." P. 427
- 13FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS"The essence of the practical teaching of the Buddha, specifying the nature of suffering, its cause, its cessation, and the path to accomplish liberation from suffering." P. 427
- 14EIGHTFOLD PATH"The Buddha's prescription for living constituiting the fourth Noble Truth; the 'Middle Way' leading to nirvana." P. 428
- 15KARMA"Sanskrit for volitional action." P. 428
- 16ANATTA"Pali for 'nonselfness,' the lack of a permanent separate self, one of the three characteristics of existence according to the Buddha." P. 428
- 17SKANDHAS"Sanskrit for 'aggregate' or 'heap.' The five skan-dhas are form, feelings, perceptions, impulses, and consciousness." P. 428
- 18NIRVANA"Sanskrit for a mental state where craving and suffering have been completely extinguished." P. 429
- 19VIJNANA"Sanskrit for 'consciousness.'" P. 430
- 20MANOVIJNANA"Sanskrit for 'mental consciousness,' the sixth of the Eight Consciousness and the basis for the five sensory consciousnesses." P. 430
- 21MANAS"Sanskrit for 'mind,' the seventh of the Eight Consciousnesses, where the illusion of the ego arises." P. 431
- 22ALAYAVIJNANA"Sanskrit for 'storehouse consciousness,' the last of the Eight Consciousnesses." P. 431
- 23TAOISM"A Chinese philosphy and way of life based on the teachings of Lao-tse (ca. fourth century B.C.E.), stressing harmony with the Tao." P. 432
- 24YIN"Chinese Taoist term for the negative, feminine, passive, internal aspect of the complementary yin and yang polarity." P. 432
- 25YANG"Chinese Taoist term for the positive, masculine, active, external aspect of the complementary yin and yang polarity." P. 432
- 26ZAZEN"Japanese for 'sitting meditation,' the most important and indispensable aspect of Zen practice. The typical leangth of a period of zazen in Japan is 40 minutes." P. 432
- 27RINZAI"One of the two major schools of Zen Buddhism in Japan, stressing the use of koans and zazen to reach enlightenment." P. 433
- 28KOANS"Japanese for 'public document,' an apparently paradoxical story, anecdote, or statement expressing the realization of a Zen master." P. 433
- 29SOTO"One of the two major schools of Zen Buddhism in Japan, stressing the practice of zazen as shikantaza and the identity of practice and enlightenment." P. 433
- 30SHIKANTAZA"Japanese for 'just sitting,' the form of zazen practice stressed particularly in the Soto Zen tradition." P. 433
- 31KINHIN"A slow walk performed between consecutive periods of zazen, while maintaining concentration and mindfulness." P. 434
- 32MINDFULNESS"A discipline of noting thoughts and feelings without becoming enmenshed in them." P. 434
- 33GATHAS"Short verses to help focus attention on the task at hand by mentally dedicating the activity to the benefit of all sentient beings." P. 434
- 34GASSHO"Japanese for 'palms of the hands pressed together,' expressing the unity of the person and the universe, a gesture commonly used for greeting in many cultures in the East." P. 434
- 35AUTOTELIC"Containing its own goal, an activity done for its own sake." P. 435
- 36BOMPU ZEN"Zen practiced for a profit, such as stress management or increased mental health." P. 437
- 37GEDO ZEN"Practice unconnected with the Buddha's teachings; exemplified by New Age practitioners who engage in zazen in order to reach higher levels of consciousness, visions, or mystical experiences." P. 437
- 38SHOJO ZEN"Zen practiced for personal enlightenment or for relief from suffering." P. 437
- 39DAIJO ZEN OR "GREAT VEHICLE" ZEN"Zen practiced for the sake of liberating others." P. 437
- 40SAIJOJO ZEN"Zen practiced for its own sake, with no expectations and no thought of gain." P. 437
- 41SATORI"Japanese for 'enlightenment,' the goal of Zen practice." P. 437
- 42MORITA THERAPY"A system of psychotherapy developed in Japan early in the twentieth century by Shoma Morita, combining elements of Zen Buddhism and psychoanalysis. Is grouped under the name shinkeishitsu." P. 441
- 43NAIKAN THERAPY"In Japanese culture, a form of introspective therapy emphasizing the development of responsibility and obligation." P. 442
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