Final Flashcards

Question

Empitness (sunyata)

Answer 1

1. Absence of the self in phenomena, let go of attachments of one self 2. All phenomena are empty of inherent quality or essence, empty of inherent concrete substantial quality. They are always made of parts and are all dependent on other parts- they never exist individually 3. Empty of intrinsic self existence We all exist in relation to everything else Can’t exist without other things Emptiness of inherent existence

Answer 2

1. addition of many sturas to the canon of Buddhism through Mahayan text to clear their mind of material things and focus on wisdom/ the perfection of wisdom to gain enlightenment and escape samsara 2. Helping one attain Wisdom and insight within their own meditation

Answer 3

1. Yogacara Buddhism 2. Acknowledges that although our mind is broken, our mind is the only way in which we can experience any reality 3. The only way to study your mind is with your mind so how do you know if you're doing it right

Answer 4

1. the "critical Phrase" 2. Practice of kanhua is combined wit seated meditation (zuochan, zazen) during which one focuses on critical phrase (huatou)

Answer 5

1. In kanhua practice, one investigates the koan or its "critical Phrase" huatou 2. Kanhua ("contemplating words")

Answer 6

1. Doing nothing, or not doing 2. Doing things effortlessly 3. Dao term 4. concept in Japanese Zen 5. Perfection through imperfection 6. Zen garden filled with rocks that are inherently beautiful, every rock is nuance but it creates this beautiful semblance 7. Cracks in a vase make it known that it was well loved/ used making it more perfect

Answer 7

The way 1. Really similar to zen 2. if your describing the dao in words you're failing 3 the main text is called the dao de jing and it's written by Laozi 4. Zen borrowed a lot, like the idea of the dao and the way and the love of nature 5. Daoism- the way of everything, the way of existence, the way things are

Answer 8

"No mind" "no thought" - the zen tradition does not rely on words and letters, any words you use to describe the zen tradition is wrong - considered to be the teaching of huineng (not the buddha) who delievered the sermon from a "precept platform" - dates to about 780 - Only Chinese text considered a "sutra" not to be spoken by Buddha, it is considered a sutra by Chan Buddhists

Answer 9

1. Usually are invited by the head tea mistress 2. Small door in a very small room 3. Usually artwork and calligraphy hanging 4. Focus on the simplicity of tea- leave the state of thinking of everything else and instead only focus on one topic 5. tea has been drunk in temples, because zazen is so important in soto zen, long periods of wakefullness were important 6. Slowly became an artform 7. Practice of living in the moment 8. Enjoy that specific moment because you can't recreate it

Answer 10

Means knowledge or awakening

Answer 11

Literally means "blowing out" | to blow out the fires of suffering

Answer 12

1. Collection of calligraphy/illustrations of an ox being tamed 2. when an ox is first found they are untamed, living a wild life 3. Meant to portray the journey that one must undergo in order to attain enlightenment 4. The only thing remaining constant in this story is the big empty circle 5. the empty circle- all possibilities, no limits, 6. Really talking about emptiness, enlightenment is is really a big empty space, everything is empty everything the same 7. having come back to the origin and return to the source, you see that you have expended your efforts and this whole thing's been a waste of time.

Answer 13

Going to a master specifically the Buddha sense for dharma teaching or dharma combat - part of the rinzai school - interviews to test students knowledge on koans and zen between master and student

Answer 14

1. Both a form of meditation and spiritual perspective 2. Focused on non-dual objectless meditation rather than yogic postures or ritual 3. It has no goal or aim, you sit in meditation without trying to achieve anything 4, ultimate "goal" is to seperate from one's own being 5. Culmination of caodong teachings 6. hongzhi created it

Answer 15

Return to the state of the uncarved block (pu). Uncarved block, “nature; essence; intrinsic quality” “Simple; plain; unadorned; unaffected” - dao term - controversial - competing educational system (confucius) was all about control and civilizations by forming a perfect word and removing what is necessary Can help explain sudden enlightenment - no need to go through a gradual process when you are already perfect, like how there is no need to fix the uncarved block

Answer 16

get into the argument and throughout it one will find enlightenment (or dharma) You do something with your teacher called dharma combat- in japan its a ritualized conversation in which you demonstrate your understanding, in other traditions its a fight- you memorize all these things from the sutras and the goal is to be able to instantaneously argue these things- through these exchanges you go through mind to mind transmission

Answer 17

The tree buddha sat under to be enlightened | "tree of awakening"

Answer 18

platform sutra: no thought/no mind 1. Wuxin: Zen and Daoist meditators attempt to reach this state, as well as artists and trained martial artists. They also practice this mental state during everyday activities

Answer 19

Inspired soto zen meditation practice 2. Bodhidharma ended up in Lao Yang, and stayed at a shaolin monastery. He went to a cave to mediate and spend 9 years there. He stared at a cave wall for 9 years. That technique is called wall gazing

Answer 20

1. Sanskrit term for meditation 2. Cultivated meditation 3. dhyāna or jhāna is the training of the mind, commonly translated as meditation, to withdraw the mind from the automatic responses to sense-impressions, and leading to a "state of perfect equanimity and awareness.

Answer 21

Founded the Eihi- Ji temple: soto temple -- first zen temple in Japan Master of zazen Wanted to familiarize japanese people with zazen as he had learned it in China Believed “just sitting” zazen was the quintessence of the Buddhist path Zazen and buddha nature are identical according to dogen Dogens’ enlightenment occurred when Rujing struck the student next to him and and shouted “cast off mind and body” His enlightenment was guided by master rujing

Answer 22

Chinese monk who brought linji buddhism to Japan. Traveled between japan and china twice to create Linji centered temples. credited with founding the Japanese line of the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism Dogen studied with him

Answer 23

Legendary or fictitious character Associated with wall gazing meditation (Bodhidharma sat in a cave for 9 years and stared at a wall until he attained enlightenment) Wall gazing = Zazen (sitting meditation) Two entrances and four practices

Answer 24

Main teacher was Shoju rojin This monk revitalized Rinzai Zen in the Tokugawa period he was a prolific author, accomplished painter, calligrapher, and a sculptor born in 1686 to a commoner family near Mt. Fuji caustic, but also known for his compassion practiced intensive meditation critical of "silent illumination", achieved "enlightenment" obsessed with issues of birth and death, esp hell Shoju was a harsh teacher and would abuse Hakuin Hakuin reformed and systematised koan practice in Rinzai Zen Believed koan practice was the most effective way to attain insight Designed Sanzen Hakuin would focus on teaching common people Used art and poetry and humor as teaching tools

Answer 25

6th patriarch 6th patriarch of china Was a layman supported the sudden enlightenment concept and won a battle of verses against shenxui was given dharma transmission by Hongren Was said to have founded southern school Said to be author of the Platform sutra even though an illiterate barbarian

Answer 26

Tang Dynasty student of Huineng Made up false dichotomy of southern and northern school Was a prolific priest/speaker Huge critic of Shenxui and attributed him to the northern school

Answer 27

1. The historical Buddha | 2. Siddartha guatama

Answer 28

First person to get direct knowledge from the Buddha. Mind to mind transmission (the flower sutra: laughed when the Buddha held up a flower during a sermon while everyone else was looking for meaning) Dharma is revealed - Dharma Transmission Retroactively introduced as this even took place way before the flower sutra came out

Answer 29

5th patriarch Tang Dynasty 5th patriarch in china who received the Dharma transmission Daoxin Gave Dharma transmission to Huineng while Huineng was still a layman Co-founder of "East Mountain China" chan Shunryu Suzuki roshi One of the founders of the mountain school Last fully accepted patriarch of the Chan tradition Next patriarch chose by Hongren’s poetry contest Enlightenment with regards to the mirror was the topic of the poetry

Answer 30

known for aggressive teaching Student of Hungbo Known as the founder of the Linji school Taught by abrupt, harsh encounters with students to induce enlightenment Methods included striking, in some cases using a staff Linji’s tradition became one of the most important/ successful schools in chan “If you meet the buddha on the road, kill him! If you meet the patriarchs or arhats in your way, kill them too! There are neither buddhas nor patriarchs … The twelve divisions of the sacred teachings are only lists of ghosts, sheets of paper fit only for wiping the pus from your boils”

Answer 31

Tang Dynasty Disciple of Huineng known for unusual teaching methods such as shouting, striking with sticks and even twisting the nose to "shock" the student into realization Trend of teachers using encounter dialogue His techniques used in Linji School Did not emphasize meditation "Ordinary mind is the Way!" Mazu established the Hongzhou School in Jiangxi province during the late 8th century School became the first empire wide chan tradition by the 9th century Maze was (in)famous for his innovative teaching techniques to help students realize their Buddha nature For Mazu, meditation should be completely abandoned Instead of meditation practice, Mazu developed an innovative take on everyday life and its relation to awakening - do not withdraw from normal life! “ the path does not involve cultivation. If it is claimed that it is achieved through cultivation, that cultivation results, in turn, in disaster”

Answer 32

Dahui was a successor to Linji tradition and a passionate critic of Silent Illumination nevertheless , Hongzhi entrusted his temple to Dahui rather than his own students Dahui advocated practice of “contemplating sayings” - leads to direct, immediate experience of awakening

Answer 33

In the song dynasty (960-1279), Caodong school associated w/ Jongzhi Zhengjue (1091-1157) Hongzhi known for silent illumination meditation teaching Silent Illumination is both a form of meditation and a spiritual perspective Focused on non dual “objectless” meditation rather than yogic postures or ritual Known for subtle teachings, sincerity, and generosity Appointed abbot of Jingde Temple - home to 1200 monks Near death, he asked his critic, Dahui to be his successor Final Verse: “Illusory dreams, phantom flowers - 67 years. A white bird vanishes in the mist, Autumn waters merge with the sky”

Answer 34

Shitou (means flat rock, suggesting he is named for living in a mountain environment) is famed for living in a small hut on the Sacred “southern peak”, also called “Mt Heng” He lived there approximately 50 years before his death in 790 Best remembered for 2 poems: “song of the grass roof hermitage” & “coincidence of opposites” Mt. Heng/ Southern Peak was a revered pilgrimage spot, Shitou (“Stone Head”) possibly got his name from living here What about liberation?” asks a monk Who binds you? Countered Shitou What about the pure land? Who corrupts you? What about nirvana? Who keeps you in the cycle of birth and death? Allegedly huineng’s student

Answer 35

historial 6th patriarch but legend goes with Huineng

Answer 36

Had linji as a student

Answer 37

Student of nanquan Alleged to have live for 120 years Favored verbal debate over striking his students He was a student who would have saved nanquan’s cat

Answer 38

One of Dogen’s masters, the one that led him to great enlightenment Has a karmic connection with Dogen Had dogen as a student in tiantong

Answer 39

One of the 2 founders of the caodong school Yunyan was his teacher Concerned with buddha nature of the inanimate objects His main disciple was Caoshan Also studied with nanquan

Answer 40

Had lots of sex and drank lots of alcohol Practiced non mainstream zen Attained enlightenment at the sound of a crow when on a boat Refused his enlightenment certificate because he didn’t want the responsibilities of being enlightened so he left the monastery and went to the countryside to hang out with ordinary people Talented poet who argued that enlightenment is deepened by love and sex

Answer 41

2nd patriarch Cut off his own arm to receive mind to mind transmission from Bodhidharma Cut off arm to get Bodhidharma's attention and be his disciple “When the snow falls red, then you can be my disciple”

Answer 42

3rd patriarch | attained enlightenment by swinging from a tree

Answer 43

4th patriarch | founder of the mountain school

Answer 44

Disciple of Mazu (748-834) Famous for killing a cat to settle a dispute between monks in his monastery

Answer 45

Once dreamed that he was a butterfly Explores mysterious Dao in everyday ordinary human life Encourages people to “sit quietly and do nothing” 2nd great Daoist text is Zhuangzi, Explores mysterious Dao in everyday ordinary human life Lively parables and paradoxes

Answer 46

Conversation between Bodhidharma and him took place when Bodhidharma arrived in China. Wu invited Bodhidharma over to tea. Wu was a devout buddhist and was sure that everything he was doing would lead him to enlightenment. Emperor wu: “What teachings have you brought from India?” Bodhidharma: “I have not brought a single word.” Emperor wu: “what merit have we gained in having monasteries built, scriptures copied and statues cast?” (trying to impress Bodhi, he wants validation that he really is the best buddhist emporer every) Bodhidharma: “No merit whatsoever. It is contrived goodness, not true merit.” Emperor wu: “What is the highest meaning of the holy truths?” (Ok lets see how well you know buddhism) Bodhidharma: empty, without holiness Emperor wu: “who is facing me?” (who do you think you are? Treating the emperor this way?” Bodhidharma: I don’t know Bodhidharma was thrown out of the palace.

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