Mahayaha Buddhism #10

Kamakura Buddhism 2: (ZEN/ Rinzai)

Masayo Urasaki24 August 2012

Today’s schedule

1) DVD “禅 ZEN” 　 feedback & explanation

2) About Rinzai-shu 3) Essence of the Zen “ Jyu-gyu-zu （十牛

図）” 4) Workshop: Beyond the words

Keywords・ Eisai （栄西）　・ Rinzai-shu （臨済宗） ・ Kennnin-ji/temple （建仁寺）・ Koan( 公案）・ Jyu-gyu-zu （十牛図）・ see the things as they are （あるがま

ま）・ Ikkyu （一休）

Rinzai shu （臨済宗） Eisai （栄西）・ Born in a family affiliated with

Kibitsu （吉備津） Shrine at Okayama Province.

・ Studied the Tendai esotericism at Mount Hiei.

・ In 1168,Eisai went to study in China Mt.T’ien-t’ai （天台山） .

・ Meet Ch’an/ZEN at Mt. T’ien-t’ung （天童山）

・ After coming back to Japan, aimed to revival of Tendai Buddhism through ZEN.

Eisai （栄西）

　（１１４１－１２１５）

Rinzai Zen and Koan （公案）

Eisai tried Tendai sect to accept ZEN approach, but Tendai prohibited Eisai’s doctrine as heterodoxy.

New social class samurai welcomed Eisai’s approach as competition for the Imperial Court.

Eisai established “Kennin-ji/temple （建仁寺） at Kyoto

Rinzai ZEN value practices of Koan （公案） that is just like “Dhamma Puzzle”

Jyu-gyu-zu （十牛図）Pictures about spiritual Journey of ZEN practice (pictures about cow)

Explain the process of spiritual way of ZEN1)Searching for the cow <search for own enlightenment>2)Find the footprints of cow <footprints means Sutras or Koan that pioneer or senior already

written>

3) Catch a glimpse of cow < you can find the way

because of meeting the master/ teacher>

4) Try to catch the cow by coming on so strong

<you can practice so hard for the sake of

getting way to enlightenment

5) Conciliate the cow <Practices your own mind to manage >

6) Ride the cow and go to your home <Finally you can

enlighten and go back to your society>

7) Back to the home, and forget about the cow

< Enlightenment is not gone, you can realize

enlightenment is the process you can experience as you are>

8) Forget Everything <It means you can feel the

empty –mind>

9) Appear the thing as they are

<Enlightenment is just here , always still there

in nature>

10) To the town or village < After enlightenment, you can talk with local

people to share Dhamma>

Another Rinzai Zen Master Ikkyu( 一休）

Born at Kyoto and became ZEN monk he was 6 years old at Ankoku-temple （安国寺）

He was very good at making Poetry.

After Enlightenment, he lives as wonderer/ unconventional monk. Ikkyu 　 sojyun 一休　宗純

　　 (1394-1481)

Today’s Workshop

The most important thing of ZEN is to realize or see the thing as they are. It come from the realize of “Beyond the

Words”

So, Let’s enjoy the works “Beyond the Words”