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Terminology

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Terminology

There are a number of special Japanese terms used only in the Zen tradition. Below is a select list:   

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Ajirogasa 网代笠

The large woven bamboo hats worn by monks on pilgrimage and mendicancy.

Ango 安居

The summer and winter training seasons, with their origins in the rainy season meditation retreats at the time of Shakyamuni.

Angya 行脚

Pilgrimage, usually to seek a master.

Baito 梅汤

A drink made with hot water and pickled plums (umeboshi), and sweetened with sugar.

Banka 晩课

Evening sutra chanting.

Battan 末单

A lower-ranking unsui.

Benji 弁事

Leaving the monastery for a day or less on private business.

Bussho 佛饷

Rice offerings placed in front of the buddha images.

Choka 朝课

The morning sutra chanting service.

Daijiryohitsu 大事了毕

Lit., “to finish understanding the Great Matter”; to attain full awakening and complete one’s training.

Daishu 大众

The monks residing in the zendo.

Densu 殿司

The monk in charge of waking the other monks in the morning, of leading the sutra chanting and other ceremonies, and of cleaning the ritual halls.

Doge 同夏

Monks who start their monastery careers during the same ango.

Dokusan 独参

Sanzen on an individual, voluntary basis with the roshi. Most sanzen at Rinzai monasteries is dokusan. Contrasts with sosan.

Donai 堂内

Lit., “inside the hall”; refers primarily to the monks residing in the zendo.

Dosan 同参

A term for the group of monks who all trained under the same certain roshi.

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