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Zen Flashcards
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- 1Bodhidharmathe first Zen patriarch; he reputedly came to China in 520 CE. and sat for nine years facing a wall at Shao-Lin temple.
- 2Bodhisattvaa being whose actions promote unity or harmony; one who vows to postpone one's own enlightenment in order to help all sentient beings realize liberation; one who seeks enlightenment not only for oneself but for others.
- 3Buddha-MindThe mind of one who has been awakened to the desire for enlightenment. This is the intent behind the act of releasing Buddha-nature. It is also the inherent wisdom and enlightenment that exists in all sentient beings.
- 4Buddha Naturethat which all sentient beings share and manifest through their particular form; according to Zen, the Buddha said that all things have Buddha-nature and therefore have the innate potential to become Buddha.
- 5Ch'anThe Chinese name for Zen
- 6DogenThe father of Soto Zen in Japan (1200-1253) brought The true law from China, Wrote Shobogenzo.
- 7DojoA centre of training in Zen
- 8Eisai ZenjiBrought the Rinzai school to Japan. Lived ca. 1141 to 1215 C.E.
- 9HaikuA Zen form of poetry. The author of haiku should be absent, and only the haiku present, so that there can be no artifice or ulterior motive. It consists of 17 syllables into which is put the most sublime feeling that human beings are capable of. “A haiku is the expression of a temporary enlightenment in which we see into the life of things’ (R.H. Blyth).Basho is one of the most famous haiku poets
- 10HaraThe center of awareness, as well as the center of a person's gravity, energy, and activity; located just below the naval, in the lower abdomen. It is literally the intestines. Zazen and correct practice are supposed to strengthen the hara.
- 11JihiGiving happiness by saving all sentient beings from suffering. This is the goal of the bodhisattva.
- 12JorikiThe power of samadhi arising from proper zazen practice.
- 13KoanKung-an, Chinese):a paradoxical or irrational statement used by Zen teachers to cut through students' thinking and bring them to realization; problems beyond logic or linear sequential thought e.g. ‘What is the sound of one hand clapping/; ‘Why did Bodhidharma come from the West? Zen riddle, used most notably in the Rinzai school as a tool for transmitting understanding. Any text that claims to have answers to koans is wrong, because the only answer is the experience of understanding.
- 14KendoDo’ means way, or teaching method, and Kendo is the way of swordmanship; the art of fencing and swordsmanship.
- 15KenshoThe first experience of satori, consciousness; an abrupt awakening usually acquired after vigorous stimulation. Many students mistake this for satori, enlightenment, and even Nirvana. Kensho is generally counterproductive, as the student has "tasted" the experience, and subsequently tries to achieve the experience again. Usually used by the Rinzai school. Kensho means literally, "seeing into one's own true nature," and is often used interchangeably with satori.
- 16Kinhin(walking meditation). Zazen in movement. Walking after Zazen in small and slow steps in a cycle, keeping both hands near the chest, one hand wraps the other. Walking in contemplation; Zen practice while walking; a focussed, quick paced walking zazen. Often done between periods of zazen or meditation.
- 17KotsuA fifteen inch long baton, shaped like the human spine, used by masters when monitoring a meditation session. As with the kyosaku, the master may strike or poke a meditator in order to encourage or awaken.
- 18KyosakuAn "awakening stick." The kyusaku is a long stick with a flattened end, used by monitros during a meditation session. The monitors use kyosakus to encourage and awaken the meditators, striking them between the neck and shoulder. This is also relaxing if done properly, relieving tension as the area being struck is a pressure point
- 19Lin Chi(d. 866 CE) (Chinese): Chinese Zen Master; founder of the Lin-chi (Rinzai) school of Zen, one of the two schools still active in Japan. Lin-chi emphasised the tradition of eccentric teaching methods, such as shouting and beating, koans and tough discipline.
- 20Mujoimpermanence; The impermanent condition of everything.
- 21MushinNo mind, spirit, soul, nor intuition.
- 22MushotokuThe optimum state for Zen practice, in which there is no goal or object, no intention for self gain or profit.
- 23PrajnaWisdom
- 24RinzaiSchool of Zen emphasizing the use of koans. It is a teacher centered school, where meditation is done facing the center of the room. The Rinzai school was brought to Japan by Eisai.
- 25Roshi(Japanese ‘old master’): "venerable (spiritual) teacher"; a Zen Master. Venerable teacher." Generally one who presides over a monastery, the master, who gives Zen instruction. This title is best used as a non-title, as the office of Roshi is not one of status, but of being. The roshi can be a layman or laywoman, whose function is to guide disciples, not to dominate, control, or influence the private lives of the disciples
- 26SampaiThe prostrating bows performed during practice, where the forehead touches the ground and the hands are held palms up next to the head. The hand gesture is symbolic, according to tradition, of recieving the feet of Buddha. This is a sign of profound respect and reverence, although not necessarily for Buddha or any other thing in particular. It is respect for the self, and a position that teaches humility and impermanence.
- 27SamuWorking Zen practice, especially physical labour
- 28Satorithe experience of awakening, enlightenment; the state of consciousness in which Noble Wisdom realises its own nature; the ego is emptied of itself and becomes identified with the infinite reality of all things ie sunyata. The instant nature of satori is stressed more by Rinzai than Soto Zen. A state of consciousness, often associated with enlightenment. Satori is an awareness of Buddha nature, similar to Tao-sheng's concept of enlightenment. In this text satori is placed one step below enlightenment. Satori is essential wisdom (prajna) for the practice of Zen. See also kensho.
- 29SenseiTeacher
- 30Shikantaza(Japanese): "just sitting"; a state of attention that is free from thoughts, directed to no object, and attached to no particular content. This was taught by Dogen and has remained the basis of all Soto Zen practice. It is a unique coalescence of means and end in which the pupil sits in the firm conviction that his sitting is this actualisation of his timeless Buddha-nature, or Being. So there is no need to strive self-consciously for satori; it is bound to come as a result of this practice. Shikan means ‘nothing but’, ta means ‘to hit’ and za ‘to sit’. Meditation without any object, without counting, focus on breathing, nor koans. It is intense sitting, where there is unshakeable conviction that zazen is the actualization, and there is nothing else to gain. At the root, this frame of thought realizes that there is not a struggle involved in the attainment of satori.
- 31ShobogenzoThe masterpiece that was created by Dogen. Dogen made it clear that to fix all one’s hopes on a goal (e.g. satori) is pointless.
- 32Soto ZenThe Zen-school that emphasis Zazen as the direct way to Satori, and teach to find the Koans in daily life. Sitting in zazen was not a way of aimong at satori or anything else; it was entering the flow of each movement by unbloking the mind from the concepts of past, present and future.
- 33SunyataEmptiness or void. Though this sounds negative, sunyata is actually positive, it is an affirmation. Emptiness is not void. Emptiness is not empty. Empty without emptiness
- 34TaoTranslated it means the way (Chinese). In the form of the Tao in Taoism, Tao is the way of nature, which is undescribable. For Confucius the Tao is the way of man, society, and government, of relationships. For Zen, Tao is the way, it is Buddha-nature, Buddha-mind, reality.
- 35Tsao'tung(Japenese, Soto). This stresses a more quiet, unassuming approach involving decent moral behaviour, study of scriptures and long sessions of sitting meditation.
- 36Transmissionformal handing over of the lineage succession from teacher to student. What one receives when one becomes a Zen Master
- 37WuChinese word for mu. The enlightenment experience.
- 38Zazen'Za' is - soft, gentle, tranquil. 'Zen' is - true. Zazen is the true and tranquil sitting. Zazen is calm and comfortable cross leg sitting. Sitting in Zazen creates the harmony between the heart, internal organs, breath and brain. The principle of sitting in Zazen is to be beyond thinking. To think without thinking, to let all thoughts go, focusing on one thing, doing Zazen only.. Sitting practice" to stop thinking; remaining open beyond dualistic, comparative and judgemental thought. Zazen is not an element of the experience of enlightenment, but it is said that zazen is enlightenment. Zazen is done without any goal or object of concentration.
- 39Zen(Japanese; Korean: Son; Chinese: Ch'an; Sanskrit: Dhyana): meditation practice. Literally translated, zen means meditation. Zen is one of four major schools of Buddhism. The other schools are: Mahayana, Theravada, Zen (or Ch'an or Son), and Vajrayana.
- 40Zendo(Japanese): "Zen hall;" dharma room, meditation hall. A place where Zen is practiced. Many formal zendos are only a room. Some may be a building. Others may be a compound. The world is a zendo, as is any place we practice Zen. place where Zen is practised; it can be a room, a building, or a compound - any place, and the whole world, really.
- 41Zenji(Ch'an-shih in Chinese) A highly venerated, greatly respected teacher or master. This is a title usually given after death, though some have had the misfortune of achieving this during life. Yes I do mean misfortune. Titles are not appealing to Zen masters.
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