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1 A special empowerment ceremony
currently held only at the temples
of Eiheiji and Sojiji in Japan by
new priests upon reaching the priestly
rank. (5)
3 "Sitting Zen," the
formal practice of breath counting,
koan study, or shikantaza. (5)
5 "- - - - - - - - - - -
- of the Lamp." A record of the
lives and sayings of Zen masters from
the earliest days to the tenth century,
compiled in 1004 by Tao-yuan. (English)
(12)
8 The Pure Land School of China.
(4)
9 Chinese school of Buddhism founded
in the seventh century, which attempted
a synthesis of all the major schools,
texts, and traditions of the time.
The teachings of mutual interdependence
and mutual causality are hallmarks
of the school. (3-3)
10 Often the first koan of the
beginning Zen student. (2)
11 A distillation of the vast
Prajnaparamita literature, it is chanted
daily in Zen monasteries. (English)
(5,5)
16 "Realization of Ultimate
Reality" or "The Way of
Everday Life," one of the key
chapters of Dogen Zenji's Shobogenzo.
An important Soto Zen text, it subtly
explores the relationship between
practice and realization. (9)
17 "Seeing into one's own
nature"; first experience of
realization. (6)
18 School of Zen originating in
China with Tung-shan Liang-chieh and
Ts'ao-shan Pen-chi. (4)
19 The Zen master of a monastery
who takes the pupil monks in San-Zen
and gives them Zen instruction. (5)
20 The famous Zen master who died
867. (6)
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1 The space in a monastery in
which zazen is practised; it is often
set aside exclusively for this purpose.
(5)
2 The Pure Land School of Japanese
Buddhism. (4)
4 School of Buddhism which passed
from China to Japan in the thirteenth
and fourteenth centuries. (3)
5 - - - - - - - - - - - - Pictures.
Traditional images that depict the
stages of Zen practice. (3)
6 - - - - - Zen. School of Zen
brought from China to Japan in 1654
by Yin-Yuan (Jap. Ingen). Obaku was
the teacher of Rinzai, the founder
of the Rinzai school of Zen. (5)
7 Questions and answers; short,
pithy dialogue between Zen masters
and disciples. (5)
10 One of the principal Bodhisattvas
of the Zen Buddhist tradition. Personifies
wisdom and is often represented riding
a lion and holding the sword of wisdom,
which can cut through delusion. Also
known as Monju in Japanese. (9)
12 The Buddha of Infinite Light.
(5)
13 Ordination as a trainee for
the priesthood. (6)
14 Fantasies, hallucinations,
and seemingly real mental or physical
experiences that arise during zazen;
they are said to be an obstacle to
practice. (5)
15 The 'goal' of Zen Buddhism;
a state of consciousness beyond the
plane of discrimination and differentiation.
(6)
17 An apparently paradoxical anecdote
or story; used to bring Zen students
to realization and to help clarify
their enlightenment. (4)
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