I. Stephen Grant, Thoughts on Sen no Rikyu's Death

Did Rikyu's ritual suicide represent and expression of Buddhist enlightenment, repentence of his attachments to this world, or both?

II. Keiji Nishitani, Ikebana ("Living Flower"), Kado (Way of Flower Arrangement)

Zen Flower Arrangement as going beyond life and death

III. Karma

A. Karma as cause and effect - root: "kr" -> IndoEuropean -> Sanskrit -> English -> "create"

Karma as action that has moral and religious (afterlife) consequences

B. Karma and the Two-Fold Truth

Karma as expression of two-fold truth: karma as form that serves to express emptiness/oneness/nirvana

William Lafleur, "In and Out of Rokudo"

Four Ways of Escaping the Constant Round of Rebirth (samsara):

1, Infiltration buddhas and bodhisattvas infiltrating this world

2. Transcendence - Transcending (going beyond) this world to attain Pure Land/Nirvana/Oneness

3. Co-penetration - form and emptiness, karma and beyond karma together

4. Ludizatiion (playfulness)