CROOKED CUCUMBER INDEX
Compiled by Kristine Sohnrey
Abbot (xiv, 7, 14, 17, 48, 59, 67, 84, 85, 86, 88, 90,
155, 229, 231)
AKA jûshoku, the person who runs the temple by
ascending the mountain seat, chief priest at temple or
monastery.
Absolutists (122)
A supporter of the doctrine or system of government
under which the ruler has unlimited powers; despotism;
a quality of being absolute.
Aburayama (12)
Temple location known for its healing hot springs.
Altered states (313, 314)
Diverse states of reality.
Amaterasu (91)
The sun goddess from whom the Japanese descended.
Attachments (267)
That to which or to whom one is fastened, focussed, or
anchored through thought and feelings (i.e. fondness,
envy, hatred,&); an accessory.
Avalokiteshvara (Skt) (76)
The mythic/cosmic bodhisattva of compassion.
Bodhidharma (225)
(Skt) A semi-legendary Indian monk who became the
first ancestor of Zen in China.
Bodhisattva (21, 76, 100, 107, 124, 373, 381, 392,
403)
Enlightened being, one who vows to awaken to ultimate
truth together with all others; Avalokiteshvara,
bodhisattva of compassion, enshrined at Kannon-do.
Bow
Can mean Buddhist gassho or the Japanese ojigi,
wherein the head and upper body are tilted forward
without the hands joining.
Buddha (6, 48, 55, 77, 170, 209, 281, 288, 347)
A tree that stands up by itself. (Skt) An awakened
one, referring both to specific historic or mythic
persons such as Shakyamuni and Amida, and also to
ultimate awakened reality and to the possibility of
awakening in all beings.
Amida (53)
Amida Buddhism or Amidism is a devotional form of
Buddhism venerating the mythic/cosmic Buddha Amida
(skt. Amitabha). It includes Jodo Shin.
Ananda (170)
Dharmakaya (57)
Nirmanakaya (57)
Sambhogakaya (57)
Shakyamuni (11, 57, 71, 72, 94, 170)
Buddha's given name.
Tathagata (351)
Nyorai, "thus come", one of Buddha's 10 traditional
names.
Buddha hall (3, 5, 83, 91, 121)
AKA Hondo, hatto. Central room in a temple where
cermonies and services are held before buddha images.
(See Dharma.)
Buddha nature / mind (6, 57, 67, 97, 104, 130, 217,
230, 383)
Die as a small being, moment after moment. Consider
with compassion.
Buddha trip (387)
Journey toward enlightenment.
Celadon (250)
(Fr) "green celadon glaze," a pale, delicate,
grayish-green.
Chosan (294)
Morning tea.
Chukonhi (115)
A monument for the spirits of fallen soldiers.
Crooked Cucumber (xiii, 20, 27, 28, 35, 36, 48, 59,
74, 242)
Farmers discarded crooked cucumbers for eating. They
were composted. Sometimes they found their way into
the river where Sogaku Suzuki, Shunryu's (Toshi's)
father would retrieve them. He said nothing was
useless. Shunryu's teacher called him "Crooked
Cucumber" as a nickname, because he said Shunryu was
useless, dimwitted, forgetful, and absentminded.
Chadwick said that, while Shunryu may have been
useless in Japan, he was useful in America.
Cryptomeria (64, 75)
A cone-bearing Asiatic tree of the baldcypress family,
so named because the seeds are hidden within the
scales of the cones.
Daihozan (61, 63)
Great root monasteries of the Soto School, Eiheiji
and Sojiji.
Daikon (25)
Radishes that are eaten raw, cooked alone or with
other foods, or pickled.
Daikoku-sama (33)
One of the seven gods of good fortune kep on altars
in kitchens or entryways. He stays at home when the
other five good-luck gods go to Izumo in October for
the gathering of the gods. Daikoku represents bounty
and sits on bales of rice. The hidden women who lived,
worked and loved within the temples before it was
permitted were also called Daikoku-sama.
Daisho (403)
"Great priest," an honorific title for priests.
Danka (5, 23, 29, 30, 84, 85, 87, 88, 121, 155, 157)
The community of lay members / supporters of a temple
in Japan.
Deshi (79)
Disciple
Dharma (10, 22, 42, 61, 110, 117, 122, 130, 251, 288,
374)
(Skt) Teaching, the truth or reality that is taught,
and the path to approach that truth; Dharma lineage:
the line of masters and students through whom the
Dharma was transmitted; Dharma children: the students
of a Dharma; Dharma seeds: ideas/teachings leadings
students to their teachers; Dharma brothers: disciples
of the same teacher; Dharma Hall: place where group of
students receive training through sutras.
Didacticism (93)
The art or science of teaching; pedagogy.
Diet (102)
The House; the assembly of nationally elected
legislators in Japan.
Dogen, Kigen (35, 45, 47, 61, 64, 65, 67, 70, 72, 74,
75, 78, 79, 96, 110, 117, 118, 124, 129, 130, 180,
182, 242, 243, 275, 287, 302, 346, 363)
AKA Eihei Dogen-zenji, Dogen Shamon, Dogen the
Monk;the founder of Soto Zen in Japan during 13th
century; a great dharma teacher in Japan, who received
mind-seal from his teacher and wrote much literature
regarding Buddhism. His "Wind Bell" poem (220, 224).
(See Eiheiji.)
Dokusan (199, 225, 232, 338, 339, 343)
A formal private practice or dharma-related interview
with a teacher who has received dharma transmission.
Duality vs. Oneness (83, 255, 259, 292, 311, 346)
The polar opposites versus the connectedness of all
beings.
Edo:
City (43)
Former name for Tokyo and the capital of a feudal,
closed Japan.
Era (12)
AKA Tokugawa Era (1600-1867)
Eiheiji (61, 63, 64, 233, 237, 403)
Temple of Eternal Peace, a major temple in the Soto
school located in Fukui prefecture, one of two
daihozan and training monasteries. It has been a
destination for pilgrims, spoken in hushed tones,
revered by nation and emperors, founded in 13th
century by Dogen. Age begins at the point of entering
this temple, not birth. At the entrance gate is a
Half-Dipper Bridge called Hanshaku-kyo.
Emptiness (84, 254, 351)
A technical term denoting the lack of inherent, fixed
existence of any entity.
Implies interconnectedness, relativity, and the
dependent co-arising of all phenomena. Not a thing,
rather the nature of all existence. Not nonexistence
as opposed to existence. Comes from the root meaning
"to swell."
Enlightenment (314)
Eta (11)
Untouchables
Five Fears (242)
Indians Buddhists listed five fears of which public
speaking was one.
Four-and-nine days
Traditional days of relaxed schedule in Zen
monastery.
Futon
Japanese mat-style bed and bedding.
Gassho (55, 132, 194, 201, 232, 319, 384)
Buddhist gesture or greeting with the palms placed
together, bent-finger bowing with arms at side,
prostration.
Genkan (141, 142)
Entryway
Geta (80)
Wooden platform sandals left at bottom of steps of
entryway
GHQ (119, 120)
Gishin (85)
Parent of duty
Go
An ancient East Asian board game, the national board
game of Japan, played on a grid with black and white
disk-shaped "stones." A simple and intricately subtle
game traditionally enjoyed by Zen adepts. The winner
of the game is the one who defines and gains the most
space.
Gokurosama (124)
An appreciation for work, not congratulating but
encouraging.
Goza (318)
Thin grass mats used for sitting or bowing.
Hai Yes.
Haibutsu Kishaku (11, 116)
"Throwing out Buddha, breaking Shakyamuni." The
religious persecution of Buddhists at the beginning of
the Meiji Era/Restoration after Japanese modernization
and creation of nouveau Shinto became the all-Japanese
state religion with the emperor as god and leader in
1858.The worst year of persecution was 1868. Monks had
to be committed, courageous, and strong to withstand
this persecution. There was much monastic
housekeeping.
Haiku (377)
A seventeen-syllable verse form usually emphasizing
natural images with seasonal references. Haiku Zendo
(254).
Hakama (8, 9,27)
A pleated traditional skirt for men and women. Still
used in martial arts.
Han (285)
"Wood," A wooden plaque struck with a mallet, used to
call monks to the zendo and for other ceremonial
purposes. It is beat one strike per minute.
Head monk
"Shuso," the training position for a monk who helps
lead the teaching during a practice period.
Heart Sutra (19, 138, 159, 179, 183, 198, 285, 307,
310, 403)
"Hannya Shingyo," The shortest and most widely used of
the Prajna Para-mita (Perfection of Wisdom) Sutras,
especially by Mahayana Buddhists; a concise
distillation of the teaching on emptiness.
Hibachi
A cast-iron or earthen pot containing charcoal used
for cooking.
Hojo (xiv, xv)
"Hojo-san," title for the head priest of a temple.
Ikebana (141)
Traditional Japanese flower arranging
.
Imperialism (44)
A policy and practice of forming and maintaining an
empire in seeking ton control raw materials and world
markets by the conquest of other countrie, the
establishment of colonies, etc., of seeking to
dominate the economic or political affairs of
underdeveloped areas or weaker countries.
Inkyo (48)
Retired master
Ino (268)
Person in charge of ceremony and monks' training.
Izu appari (251)
(Jpn) "is absolutely"
"Jewel Sound" (112)
The emperor's voice, especially over radio.
Jinrikishas (27, 43)
A two-wheeled taxi pulled by a person.
Jiro Kano (52)
Founder of modern judo and president of the school
attended by members of the royal family.
Jodo Shinshu (129, 241, 244, 249)
Shin Buddhism, the true school of the Pure Land, a
faith-oriented sect of Buddhism, the largest in Japan.
In the US called the BCA, Buddhist Churches of
America.
Jokoji (123)
Branch temple of Rinso-in
Jushoku (See abbot.)
Kabuki (65)
A type of play in which music is played and colorful
costumes and masks of archetypal and folk figures are
worn.
Kanji
Chinese characters (ideographs) used in Japanese
writing.
Kannon-do (76, 107)
Kannon hall in which Avalokiteshvara was enshrined.
Karma (317, 318)
The effect of the cause; the action to the reaction;
the result of a thought or action.
Kensho (221, 338)
"Seeing the nature," a sometimes dramatic experience
of insight, an enligh-tenment experience.
Kesa (78, 237, 402,407)
Sanskrit word that meant subdued color, the monk's
outer patchwork robe signifying ordination (AKA okesa
is respectful.)
Kimono (20, 65)
Traditional Japanese robe worn by men and women.
Kinhin (72, 198, 225, 231, 232, 285)
Periods of bare-bones services, walking zazen or
meditation.
Koans (31, 32, 221, 238, 247, 261, 305, 313, 337, 338)
"Public case," challenging questions or exemplary
story or dialogue presented by teachers upon which
students concentrate during meditation.
Komazawa Daigakurin (42)
AKA Soto College, which Shunryu Suzuki attended.
Koromo (20, 65, 402)
The long-sleeved monk's robe of Chinese origin worn
over the kimono.
Kotatsu (272)
A low table covered by a blanket, heated from
underneath.
Kyosaku (64, 180)
Long flat stick whacked against sleepy monk's
shoulders, not to be confused with the teacher's
stick.
Kyudo (18)
Archery
Kyuri (36)
Cucumber
Lay ordination
A formal ceremony for lay perople to take the precepts
and express their commitment to Buddha's way.
Mah-jongg (74)
A game with big tiles.
Majime (389)
Mala (388, 406)
Buddhist rosary beads.
Mamushi (24)
Small poisonous snakes
Manju (194, 327)
A Japanese confection made from rice flour and bean
paste.
Match
Strong, thick, powdered green tea, served in tea
ceremony.
Meiji:
Era (29)
The period of Japanese history from 1868-1912.
Restoration (11)
Mind (See Dogen or Buddha.):
Beginner's (29, 36, 69)
This is not simple or innocence. Innocence can lead to
trouble. Beginner's mind has Buddhism, knowing
unchanging original nature but beware slipping through
attachment to ideas or material things. Beginner mind
does not stick to any particular style of practice.
Our mind should always be subtle enough to adjust our
conduct to our surroundings.
Big, Buddha, True (247, 311, 324, 325, 358)
Bodhisattva (21) (See Bodhisattva.)
Mobo (43)
Modern boy
Mochi (9, 121)
Sticky, sweet glutinous rice cakes made from pounded
rice and shaped, often stacked as pyramids on black
and red lacquer trays. They are especially popular at
New Year.
Moga (43)
Modern girl
Mokugyo (23, 75, 282)
The colossal wooden fish drum made by carving a hollow
drum from wood and struck with padded mallet.
Monastery
Term used for large training temples for monks, nuns,
and sometimes laity.
Mountain Seat Ceremony (59, 223)
(Shinsanshiki) A rite in which the abbotship of a
temple is passed on to the abbot's successor.
Mudra (259)
(Skt) A hand position or physical gesture or posture
that embodies an aspect of Buddhist teaching.
Nagarjuna (225)
Great Indian sage.
Natto (139)
A sticky, fermented soybean paste.
Nirvana
(Skt) In early Buddhism, the cessation of all
suffering. In Zen, nirvana is understood as ultimately
not separate from everyday life and the worldly cycles
of suffering.
Nouveau Shintoism (11)
Ultranationalistic religion instituted to modernize
Japan and shift power.
Noh (65, 322)
A type of theatrical drama, usually done in minimalist
style using white masks and black garments.
Notification on the Expulsion of Unfavorable
Individuals from the Public Occupations (119)
This became effective January 4, 1946.
Obon
Japanese summer festival in which the spirits of the
departed return.
Ohaka (29, 159)
Graveyard, place where remains, usually ashes, of the
dead are interred (informally, haka).
Ojama shimasu. (348)
"Excuse me for bothering you."
Okesa (20, 66, 181) (See kesa.)
O kaeri nasai! (8)
Welcome home!
Ohaka (7)
Mortuary
"Ohayo gozaimasu" (139)
Good morning.
"Ojama shimasu." (95)
"Excuse me for bothering you."
Order of Investigation, Expulsion or Approval for
Teachers and Educators, (119
This became effective October 30, 1945.
Oryoki (65, 72, 286, 378)
Customary ceremonial meals, monk's stacked and
cloth-wrapped eating bowls.
Ozeki (112)
A sumo wrestler of the second-highest rank, who could
lose with grace.
Pachinko (43)
An upright form of pinball machine game, totally
dependent upon luck, played in noisy, crowded halls or
parlors where one wins small prizes.
Palanquins (37)
A covered litter, usually for one person, carried by
poles on the shoulders of two or more men in Eastern
Asia.
Potsdam Treaty (113)
A contract signed in 1945 after a meeting of the three
great powers (USA, Britain, Soviet Union) regarding
attitude and outcome for dominating Germany, Italy,
Japan, and territories occupied by them. Stalin was
not in favor of a free Eastern Europe.
Practice and Practice Period (243)
A period is: (Ango, "dwelling in peace") a time,
usually three months, of intensive monastic training
under the guidance of a teacher in a temple or
monastery. Practice (260, 261, 298, 300, 365)
Prajna Paramita Sutra (121)
Doctrine of Buddha that was chanted in the evening
using cards.
Precepts (296)
Ethical guideline of conduct for expressing buddha
mind. They include take refuge in buddha, dharma, and
sangha, and a series of descriptions of awakened
ethical conduct that begin with refraining from taking
life.
Priest
Someone who has received home-leaving ordination (monk
training), and who performs ceremonial and pastoral
functions.
Principles (347, 348, 383)
Foundational concepts.
Prostrations
(raihai) Full bow with the shins, forehead, hands, and
elbows touching the floor.
Raihai tokozui (61)
A chapter written by Dogen asserting equality of
women.
Rakusu (20, 226, 378)
Bib-like vestment received in monk or lay ordination.
Rensaku (219)
Traditional practice and manner in which Zen teacher
uses stick.
Roshi (19, 69, 73, 79, 221, 229, 231, 241, 256, 277,
294, 295, 297, 298, 304, 310, 314, 315, 317, 318, 319,
332, 333, 336, 340)
"Venerable old teacher," respectful title for a great
Buddhist priest, Zen master.
Sacrosanct (235)
"His head extended onto the sacrosanct meal board."
Very sacred, holy, or inviolable.
Saitokudo (396)
Reordination.
Sama (236)
Very polite form of address used after a person's
name, more polite than san; can indicate a director.
Samadhis (xvi)
(Skt) A deep meditative state. Many specific samadhis
are listed in Buddhist writings.
Samurai (11)
A member of the military class in feudal Japanese,
consisting of retianers of the daimios: a samurai wore
two swords; army officer.
San (xiv, xv)
A respectful title.
Sandokai (341, 342)
"Unity of One and Many," a 1,000 year old Zen poem
Sanga (324, 357, 363, 392)
(Skt) The Buddhist community. Originally the order of
monks, later coming to include all practitioners.
Satori (31)
A sudden flash of deep insight into the nature of
reality.
Sayonara (333)
Good-bye.
Seiza (17, 268, 294)
Traditional Japanese kneeling position.
Sensei (179, 182, 207, 210, 214, 260, 277)
Title used for teachers, doctors, and other respected
persons.
Seppin (76)
Meeting room for guests and practitioners
Sesshin (72, 73, 74, 145, 200, 221, 224, 225, 232,
237, 238, 242, 261, 262, 290, 304, 313)
"Mind gathering," a concentrated zazen retreat of one
or more days, usually five or seven.
Shashu (285)
A formal position used in walking meditation, wherein
the hands are held together at the solar plexus.
Shiatsu
Japanese pressure point massage.
Shiho (See Transmission.)
Shikantaza (337)
"Just sitting," zazen without a fixed object of
concentration, emphasizing upright posture and
presence. Term used by Dogen.
Shinto (11, 44, 99, 107, 119)
State religion of Japan, indigenous religion involving
veneration of nature spirits.
Shishobo (96)
Text written by Dogen.
Shobogenzo (18, 61, 70, 79, 96, 130)
"Treasury of the True Dharma Eye," written by Dogen,
emphgasized submission to the master. Scholar
emphasized open-minded integration of zazen and
Buddhist practice.
Shôji (49, 69, 80, 167)
Sliding door of wood latticework and translucent rice
paper, not to be confused with shoji from Coffinman,
which meant the concept of "lifedeath".
Showa
The period of Japanese history from 1926-1989.
Shu
A religion or a religious sect or school, as in
Soto-shu.
Shunryu Suzuki (entire book)
AKA Toshi, Toshitaka, Crooked Cucumber, Hoitsu
(Embracing Oneness), Hojo-sama was 11 years old (13 by
Asian calculation) when he left home for the monastic
training.
Shushogi (125, 130)
The Meaning of Practice and Enlightenment, a modern
compilation of Dogen's writings put together in the
nineteenth century.
Soba (66)
Noodles made from buckwheat.
Sokoji (165, 166, 167, 173)
The only Soto Zen temple in San Francisco Bay Area in
1959.
Sojiji (61, 75)
A major temple in the Soto school, one of two daihozan
and training monasteries, located in Yokohama. It
founded by Keizan, who was considered the Soto mother.
Solar Plexis (66, 198)
A network of nerves in the abdominal cavity behind the
stomach and in front of the uppermost part of the
aorta, containing ganglia that send nerve impulses to
the abdominal viscera; the location of the third
chakra in Hinduism.
Soto (See Zen.)
Stepping-Down Ceremony (275)
Changing of the abbot that coincides with the
Mountain Seat Ceremony.
Sumi (173)
Avant-garde art and printmaking, traditional black ink
used in calligraphy and painting.
Sunflower Meditation (382)
Sutras (179, 183, 268, 414)
(Skt) Chanting verses, discourses of the Buddha, used
for old Buddhist scriptures or scriptures to be
chanted.
Suzumebachi (155)
A giant sparrow-bee.
Tabi (20,24, 161)
White socks with a separate pocket for the big toe,
worn with zori, geta, or other sandals.
Tadaima kaerimashita (8)
I'm back now!
Taisho (8)
Great Righteousness, the period of Japanese history
form 1912-1926.
Takuan (25)
Daikon pickles.
Takuhatsu (67)
"To entrust the bowl," a Monk's formal begging trip.
Tambankan (346)
"A man who carries a board on his shoulders," he
cannot see the other side.
Tangaryo (64, 75)
The waiting room, the initiation, the place where
students sat in full-lotus position a week or more
from early morning until late at night to prove
themselves worthy to enter the temple.
Tanuki (7)
Japanese raccoons.
Taoism
(also Daoism) An ancient Chinese religion / philosophy
emphasizing an appreciation of nature and harmonious
life.
Tassajara (264, 265, 266, 278, 279, 282, 283, 284,
285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 296, 297, 298, 299,
303, 304, 317, 318, 323, 324, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340,
341, 342)
A monastery built at Tassajara springs at the end of a
fifteen-mile dirt road in a wooded mountain ascending
Chew's Ridge in the Carmel Valley of Monterey County,
California. Tassajara the hara: (center of gravity"
nick-name for Eido Shimano.
Tatami (65, 66, 141, 167, 179, 294, 372, 410)
A rigid 2 inch thick mat, 3x6 ft. in size, kept on
floors for sleeping pad.
Tea ceremony
(Chanoyu) A formal, aesthetic method of preparing and
serving tea, originating in Japan around the sixteenth
century.
Teacher's stick
(Nyoi) A short, carved, curved stick carried by
teachers in formal situations, often with a tassel.
(The) Ten Directions
Shorthand for everywhere: north, south, east, west,
their midpoints, the zenith, and the nadir.
Ten'e (60)
A public ceremony acknowledging dharma transmission.
Theosophy
A Western spiritual movement founded in the nineteenth
century in Europe, highly influenced by Eastern
religions.
(The) Three Times
Past, present, future.
Tokonoma (54, 58)
An alcove in a Japanese room in which may be placed
such objects as a calligraphy scroll, a stone, or a
flower arrangement.
Transcendentalism (xii)
A philosophy that proposes to discover the nature of
reality by investigating the process of idealistic
thought, spiritual intuition, or vision rather than
the objects of sense experience (Kant, Hegel, Fichte,
and by extension, Emerson, Thoreau, etc.), based in
19th-century New Englanders.
Transmission (18, 48, 227, 274, 353, 354, 355)
AKA dharma transmission or shiho. The authorization to
teach passed from teacher to disciple.
True Dharma Eye (18) (See Shobogenzo.)
Ultranationalists and nationalists (11, 44, 99, 119,
120)
Based in imperialism and national militarism, Japanese
wanting to modernize and reshift the power structure
created a state religion of nouveau Shinto.
Unsui
"Cloud and water," a monk, often novice monks.
Wan Jung (53)
"Beautiful Countenance," the young, tragic princess,
who married Pu Yi at age 14 and attached herself to
Miss Ransom.
Whisks, horsechair and oxhair
(hossu) An emblem of a teacher, traditionally used to
whisk away flies.
Zafu (179, 188, 199, 209, 232, 245, 285, 286, 412)
Zazen cushion, usually black and round.
Zazen (xiii, 17, 18, 31, 32, 61, 64, 65, 66, 72, 74,
79, 80, 96, 122, 130, 138, 146, 171, 172, 194, 200,
207, 209, 210, 211, 212, 214, 215, 216, 217, 219, 222,
223, 225, 227, 230, 231, 232, 235, 238, 238, 241, 244,
245, 247, 256, 257, 258, 261, 264, 269, 273, 276, 283,
285, 286, 289, 290, 291, 293, 295, 297, 301, 302, 307,
309, 310, 311, 313, 324, 330, 339, 413)
Sitting in Zen meditation.
Zazenkai (79, 124, 130)
Laity sitting/zazen groups, usually meet weekly or
monthly.
Zen (21, 31, 40, 117, 132, 157, 171, 206, 210, 211,
220, 221, 226, 230, 237, 238, 241, 242, 243, 244, 247,
266, 269, 277, 278, 279, 282, 288, 291, 296, 298, 301,
302, 306, 307, 309, 311, 313, 314, 322, 323, 324, 326,
327, 332, 338)
A school of Buddhism originating in China which
emphasizes zazen, direct insight, and actual
experience of Buddhist truth in everyday activity.
Rinzai (53, 119, 173, 221, 244, 247, 261, 263, 277)
One of the two main sects of Zen, emphasizing vigorous
dynamic style and systematic koan study.
Soto (29, 39, 44, 63, 64, 67, 68, 69, 75, 167, 221,
227, 230, 241, 247, 256, 274, 277, 286, 304, 305, 345)
One of two main sects of Zen, emphasizing "just
sitting" or silent illumination meditation and its
application to everyday activity. Most followers were
farmers.
Zendo (29, 65, 80, 88, 91, 113, 114, 124, 149, 179,
191, 202, 210, 211, 216, 232, 234, 235, 236, 237, 241,
244, 255, 256, 257, 267, 282, 285, 286, 291, 302, 304,
305, 307, 315, 330, 339, 413)
A Zen meditation/zazen hall, AKA sodo, which in
training monasteries serves for sleeping and eating,
too.
Zenji (71)
Zen dharma master.
Zenshinji (269)
Zen heart and mind temple.
Zenshuji (60, 67, 234)
Temple for Japanese-Americans in Los Angeles,
California.
Zentatsu Myoyu (282, 283)
"Penetrating Zen, Mysteriously Dissolving," Richard
Baker's Buddhist name.
Zori (20, 22, 54, 161)
Shoes or traditional Japanese sandals, thongs.
Zuishin (79)
Follower, a name given to the relationship with one's
second teacher, AKA deshi.