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坐禪箴

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Basic Meaning: Zazen shin

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  • The title of the twenty-seventh fascicle of the Shōbōgenzō 正法眼藏 (95 fasc.) by Dōgen Kigen 道元希玄 (1200–1253). This work was transcribed on the eighteenth day of the third month of 1242 and describes how the goal of Chan/Seon/Zen is not to achieve awakening but rather to realize that the ultimate state is a non-thinking 非思量 realm in which phenomena cannot be measured. [Stefan Grace; source(s): ZGDJT, Yokoi, Ina-Z, FGD]
  • Zuochan zhen. A passage on seated meditation in Hongzhi chanshi guanglu 宏智禪師廣錄 (9 fasc.), a collection of sermons and writings by Hongzhi Zhengjue 宏智正覺 (1091–1157). [Stefan Grace; source(s): Yokoi, Ina-Z, FGD]
  • Zuochan zhen. A passage on seated meditation by Wuyun Zhifeng 五雲志逢 (909–985) that can be found in the thirtieth fascicle of the Jingde chuandeng lu 景德傳燈錄 (30 fasc.). [Stefan Grace; source(s): Yokoi, Ina-Z, FGD]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 0383b

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 431, 459

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 835

    Zen no Goroku (Yanagida) 19-P88

    Fo Guang Dictionary 2841

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    Entry created: 2023-09-16