New Religions

Mahayaha Buddhism #10
Kamakura Buddhism 2:
(ZEN/ Rinzai)
Masayo Urasaki
24 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）
Eisai（栄西）
（１１４１－１２１５）
・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’ient’ung （天童山）
・After coming back to Japan,
aimed to revival of Tendai
Buddhism through ZEN.
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 ZEN
1)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）
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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”

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