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- Thu Feb 15, 2024 9:47 pm
- Forum: Soto
- Topic: Roshi and Zenji
- Replies: 2
- Views: 467
Re: Roshi and Zenji
What is the diffrence between roshi and zenji? roshi means just old master zenji exact meaning is zen master zenji is mostly given as a posthumous title of a zen master. however in soto zen abbots of the two main monasteries namely Eiheiji and Sojiji are addressed as zenji, while still alive. in ri...
- Sun Feb 04, 2024 1:54 pm
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: No-Self Concept
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1175
Re: No-Self Concept
I don’t know what kind of zen you were learning. If no-self were not a concept in Zen, it wouldn’t be Buddha Dharma. Well, whatever. Anyway, zen has no concepts if there are, there is no zen. Mixing zen with concepts even from sutras is grave mistake. Wether it happens in Taiwan Japan or anywhere e...
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 12:31 am
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: No-Self Concept
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1175
Re: No-Self Concept
Hi, I've been absorbing as far as I can the no-self concept that the ego construct is a major cause of suffering. As a trainee psychotherapist, the concept of ego/self is important too and I am trying to align both within and without me, which is a challenge. I liked the way I have seen it put, tha...
- Sun Oct 01, 2023 7:10 am
- Forum: East Asian Buddhism
- Topic: Yogacara manual
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1285
Re: Yogacara manual
Havent read it, but heard good things about this one: Living Yogacara by Tagawa Shun’ei Tagawa Shun'ei is the abbot of Kofukuji in Nara, the head temple of the Hosso school of Japanese Buddhism. I did not read this book, but Hosso is the Japanese yogachara school, so it could be good source of info...
- Mon Jul 31, 2023 1:12 pm
- Forum: Soto
- Topic: American Soto Zen
- Replies: 293
- Views: 18752
- Mon Jul 31, 2023 8:18 am
- Forum: Soto
- Topic: American Soto Zen
- Replies: 293
- Views: 18752
Re: American Soto Zen
The definition does not mean anything. ... It is not inka, which is meant to be a confirmation of thorough realization. ... The whole discussion would have never taken place if dharma transmission had been as you suggested. On paper, by definition, dharma transmission means the transmission of budd...
- Sun Jul 30, 2023 11:20 pm
- Forum: Soto
- Topic: American Soto Zen
- Replies: 293
- Views: 18752
Re: American Soto Zen
How could it not exist today when the definition is still very much in use? Here's another one: '“Dharma transmission” is defined as experiencing face-to-face transmission between master and disciple, receiving the Three Things, and realizing preservation of the Dharma Lamp.' The definition does no...
- Sun Jul 30, 2023 9:36 pm
- Forum: Soto
- Topic: American Soto Zen
- Replies: 293
- Views: 18752
Re: American Soto Zen
The idea of dharma transmission in Zen, Soto included, is the recognition of the disciple's awakening being the same as that of Shakyamuni Buddha, as exemplified by the so called Flower Sermon. But his does not exist for long time already. Today the meaning is that one becomes a priest and is allow...
- Sun Jul 30, 2023 5:04 pm
- Forum: Soto
- Topic: American Soto Zen
- Replies: 293
- Views: 18752
Re: American Soto Zen
There is no guarantee that will find proper person. The question is if one who is accepted as a realised teacher can confirm a disciple who is not realised? If yes, then lineage is meaningless. If no, then all within a lineage must be accepted in the same way as the original teacher. This is first ...
- Sun Jul 30, 2023 11:13 am
- Forum: Soto
- Topic: American Soto Zen
- Replies: 293
- Views: 18752
Re: American Soto Zen
And since there is documented lineage, why did they (the last realized Soto Zen teachers) confirm others who were not realized? Or were they confused/mistaken when they confirmed others? When the teacher gives inka to the disciple and entire dharma transmission, the disciple takes then full respons...
- Sun Jul 30, 2023 11:10 am
- Forum: Soto
- Topic: American Soto Zen
- Replies: 293
- Views: 18752
Re: American Soto Zen
Matylda, If one was to accept what I believe is your view that there are no realized (Japanese) Soto Zen teachers, can you tell me who were the last realized Soto Zen teachers? Hara tanzan, Watanabe Genshu, Harada Sogaku, Koho Chisan, Nagasawa Sozen, and probably a few more. All of them received in...
- Sun Jul 30, 2023 7:48 am
- Forum: Soto
- Topic: American Soto Zen
- Replies: 293
- Views: 18752
Re: American Soto Zen
The issues sound specific to those temples, but indirectly related to the broader collapse of Japanese Buddhist institutions. I understand the lack of young people interested in temple life pretty much applies across all sects. I would be interested to see if the success of those Rinzai Sodos is on...
- Sat Jul 29, 2023 9:52 pm
- Forum: Soto
- Topic: American Soto Zen
- Replies: 293
- Views: 18752
Re: American Soto Zen
I do not understand from your response if you think SBZA is a Soto Zen International office or not - there are important differences. No, of course those are two entities. Just Shumucho had this idea to encourage priests affiliated with sokanbu-i.e. international division of soto shu, to form anoth...
- Sat Jul 29, 2023 8:51 pm
- Forum: Soto
- Topic: American Soto Zen
- Replies: 293
- Views: 18752
Re: American Soto Zen
I can not think of any other organization like SZBA, i have lived in Europe for so long now that i think i would know. from the SZBA website History of the SZBA The SZBA was formed in 1996, in relation to the Japanese Sotoshu but autonomous . ...... Perhaps you are thinking of the Soto Zen Internat...
- Sat Jul 29, 2023 6:49 pm
- Forum: Soto
- Topic: American Soto Zen
- Replies: 293
- Views: 18752
Re: American Soto Zen
I don't know why you have "halfquoted" me - maybe I'm not explaint rightly- but acting in that way, I think we may lost the main point of this thread, I am really sorry I did not mean that. I just referred only to this one sentence about kensho. Not about entire problem. But since it stru...
- Sat Jul 29, 2023 6:38 pm
- Forum: Soto
- Topic: American Soto Zen
- Replies: 293
- Views: 18752
Re: American Soto Zen
Yes, its priests, but not for example, the SZBA’s preists. This I am not sure. The question is where do they register newly ordained. Also if they have their own sodos. Where do they register hossen and shiho. Similar organisations are in Europe etc. but they were established with cooperation of so...
- Sat Jul 29, 2023 6:28 pm
- Forum: Soto
- Topic: American Soto Zen
- Replies: 293
- Views: 18752
Re: American Soto Zen
The SZBA is an organization independent of the Soto Shu. Only partly. this kind of organizations were supported by sokanbus-representative of shumucho- on every continent, not only in America. So it only looks from outside as if they are indeppendent, but with dependent soto priests. But even if th...
- Sat Jul 29, 2023 6:21 pm
- Forum: Soto
- Topic: American Soto Zen
- Replies: 293
- Views: 18752
Re: American Soto Zen
Hi Matylda, why did they close? Most probably no unsui to train. In the case of Daijoji, which somehow is shokcking, I have no idea what happened. Azuma roshi was I think the last shike and abbot. But he was a scholar not zen master. Komazawa president etc. So probably training was dull. When Itaba...
- Sat Jul 29, 2023 1:10 pm
- Forum: Soto
- Topic: American Soto Zen
- Replies: 293
- Views: 18752
Re: American Soto Zen
As a former Zen practitioner I’ve always appreciated Matylda’s breadth of knowledge and willingness to share it on this board, and feel that at least one poster above owes her an apology. No, really not. I understand people emotions concerning this very difficult matter. I understand and accept res...
- Sat Jul 29, 2023 1:00 pm
- Forum: Soto
- Topic: American Soto Zen
- Replies: 293
- Views: 18752
Re: American Soto Zen
But japanese shumucho the administrative body over all soto school on all continents, is supervising the activity of its priests, whether Japanese or non-Japnese. They even give some financial support to those outside of Japan. So there is somehow institutional continuity in the sense of administra...