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6.
(Japanese) The outcast class, formerly confined to specific neighbourhoods or villages, and to certain occupations. (9)

7.
(Chinese) Bodhi or enlightenment; Way; the way of, or to enlightenment. (3)

8.
(Japanese) Breath; spirit; spiritual strength. (2)

10.
(Japanese) No; does not have; Case One of the Wu Men Kuan, often the first koan of the Zen student. (2)

11.
(Japanese) The Obaku Sect, a reintroduction of Rinzai Zen into Japan after it had mixed with Amitabha pietism. (5)

13.
(Japanese) Heavy 3 x 6 foot mats used as flooring in traditional Japanese homes and temples. (6)

15.
(Japanese) Rice wine. (4)

16.
(Japanese) Buddha. (6)

17.
(Japanese) Head of logistical arrangements in the Rinzai zendo. (5)

19.
(Japanese) Work service (in the sense of sutra service); meditation in work (traditionally in and about the temple). (4)

21.
(Japanese) To go alone; to work alone; sanzen, the personal interview between roshi and student. (7)

22.
(Japanese) The Rinzai Zen Buddhist Sect, traced from Lin-chi, ninth century. (6)

23.
(Japanese) Board game played with black and white stones. (2)

25.
(Japanese) Order of the Three Treasures; the Zen sect traced from Yasutani Hakuun, 1885-1973 (5,6)

27.
No; does not have; case one of the Wu-men kuan, often the first koan of the Zen student. (2)

28.
(Chinese) Toku. (2)

29.
(Japanese) First view; the first interview between roshi and student. (6)

 

Down

1. (Japanese) Sky, sunyata, emptiness, the void. (2)

2. (Japanese) Veneration to Amitabha Buddha; the Nembutsu; mantra of Pure Land schools. (4,5,5)

3. (Japanese) Buddha. (5)

4. (Japanese) Saranam gacchami. (3)

5. (Japanese) Te; power or virtue; strength of character arising from virtue and service. (4)

9. (Japanese) The - - - - Sect; traced from Tung-shan Liang-chieh (Dongshan Liangjie), 840-901. (4)

11. (Japanese) Father, the priest's title. (4)

12. (Japanese) The way of the swordsman; Japanese fencing. (5)

14. (Japanese) To present the shout; the roshi's Dharma talk. (6)

15. (Japanese) Special Training Place; a Rinzai Zen temple where monks or nuns are trained. (6,4)

18. (Chinese) Dhyana. (4-2)

20. (Japanese) Empty hand; one of the Japanese martial arts. (6)

21. (Japanese) Spot or place of enlightenment of the Buddha under the bodhi tree; one's own place of enlightenment; the training centre. (4)

24. Shout given by the Zen masters that wipes away everything. (2)

26. (Japanese) Thought; one thought frame. (3)

 

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