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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)