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A-yü-wang, Mount (monastery)
Amida (Buddha)
Amida Sutra
Analects, Confucian
Ananda (disciple of the Buddha)
Bear’s Ears (mountain)
Biographies of Monks of the Zen Groves
Birushana (Buddha)
Blue Cliff Record
Bodhidharma, First Patriarch
Brahma
Brokenhead Peak
Buddha. See Shakyamuni
Buddha of Boundless Life. See Amida (Buddha)
Ch’an-yü nei-chi (Zen records of Yung-chiao)
Ch’ang-sha Ching-ts’en (Chōsha Keijin, n.d.)
Ch’ang-tsung Chao-chüeh (Jōsō Shō-gaku)
Chao-chou Ts’ung-shen (Jōshū Jūshin, 778–897)
Chao-chüeh. See Ch’ang-tsung Chao-chüeh
Chi, man of
Chieh of Mount Wu. See Wu-tsu Shih-chieh
Ch’ien-feng (Kempo, n.d.)
Chih-che Yüan-an (Chisha Gen’an, n.d.)
Chih-kuan. See Hsiang-yen Chih-kuan
Ching, Mount (monastery). See Ching-shan monastery
Ching-shan (Kinzan) monastery
Ch’ing-su, monk (Shōso, n.d.)
Ch’ing-yüan Hsing-ssu (Seigan Gyōshi, 660–74)
Chiu-feng Tao-ch’ien (Kyūhō Dōken, n.d.)
Chü, Brother (Hakuin’s disciple)
Chu-hung of Yün-ch’i. See Yün-ch’I Chu-hung
Chüeh-fan Hui-hung (Kakuhan Ekō, 1071–1128)
Commentary on the Amida Sutra
Commentary on the Flower Garland Sutra. See Hua-yen Ho-lun
Commentary on the Platform Sutra. See Rokusodankyō kōkan
Commentary on the Shurangama Sutra
Cypress Tree in the Garden (koan)
Daiō Kokushi. See Nampo Jōmyō
Daitō Kokushi. See Shūhō Myōchō
Dharma-body
Diamond Sutra
Does a Dog Have the Buddha Nature? (koan)
Dragon Gates
Dragon King(s)
Dragon Pool
Elephant Bones, Old. See Hsüeh-feng I-ts’un
Engū, n.d.
Enjo, n.d.
Eshin Sōzu (Genshin, 942–1017), Jap. Pure Land patriarch
Essay on the Dharma Pulse
Fa-yen. See Wu-tsu Fa-yen
Fei Lien
Fen-yang Shan-chao (Fun’yō Zenshō, 947–1024)
Feng-hsien Tao-shen (Busen Dōshin, n.d.)
Feng-hsiieh Yen-chao (Fūketsu Enshō, 896–973)
Fifth Patriarch. See Hung-jen
First Patriarch’s Coming from the West (koan)
Flower Garland Sutra
Fo-chih T’uan-yü (Butchi Tan’yū, 1085–1150)
Fo-kuo: Yüan-wu K’o-ch’in
Fo-yen Ch’ing-yüan (Butsugen Seion, 1067–1120)
Fu, Mount
Fu, senior monk (Fu Jōza, n.d.)
Fu-yen Liang-ya (Fukugon Ryōga, n.d.)
Genshoku (Hakuin’s attendant)
Golden Sage. See Shakyamuni
Great Perfect Mirror Wisdom (Daien-kyōchi)
Great Sage of Ssu-chou
Great Teacher of the Lotus Pond. See Yün-ch’i Chu-hung
Great Turtle. See Kashyapa
Great Yü. See Yü, Emperor
Gudō Kokushi (National Master Gudō). See Gudō Tōshoku
Gudō Tōshoku (1579–1661)
Hakuin Ekaku (1685–1768)
Han-tan (Kantan)
Hanazono (“flower fields”)
Hatsuyama (temple)
Heng-yang, coasts of
Hsi-keng (Sokkō): sobriquet of Hsü-t’ang Chih-yü
Hsia-tao Hui-yüan (Katsudō Eon, 1103–1176)
Hsiang An-chu (Shō Anju, n.d.)
Hsiang-yen Chih-kuan (Kyōgen Chi-kan)
Hsiao-ts’ung. See Tung-shan Hsiao-ts’ung
Hsin-ching K’o-wen (Shinjö Kokubun, 1025–1102)
Hsin-ju Che. See Ta-kuei Mu-che
Hsü-t’ang Chih-yü (Kidō Chigu, 1185–1269)
Hsüeh-feng I-ts’un (Seppō Gizon, 822–908)
Hsüeh-tou Ch’ung-hsien (Setchō Juken, 980–1052)
Hsüeh-tou, Mount
Hsiu, senior monk (Shū, n.d.)
Hua-yen Ho-lun (Commentary on the Flower Garland Sutra)
Huang-lung Hui-nan (Ōryō E’nan, 1002–1069)
Huang-po Hsi-yun (Obaku Kiun)
Hui-ch’iu Shao-lung (Kukyū Jōryū, 1077–1136)
Hui-chung. See Nan-yang Hui-chung
Hui-k’o, Second Patriarch (Eka, n.d.)
Hui-nan. See Huang-lung Hui-nan
Hui-nan, Librarian. See Huang-lung Hui-nan
Hui-neng, Sixth Patriarch (Enō, 638–713)
Hui-t’ang Tsu-hsin (Maidō Sōshin, 1025–1100)
Hui-tsung, Emperor
Hung-jen, Fifth Patriarch (Gunin, 601–674)
Huo-an Shih-t’i (Wakuan Shitai, 1108–1179)
I of Tuan-ya. See Tuan-ya Liao-i
Immaculate Land of Purity
Indra, Lord of Devas
Inokuniya Tōbei (bookseller)
Ishii Gentoku, Layman
Jōshitsu, priest
Ju-hui. See Tung-ssu Ju-hui
Kannon (Bodhisattva; Chin. Kuan-yin)
Kanzan Egen (1277–1360)
Kanzan Kokushi: honorary title of Kanzan Egen
Kao-an Shan-wu (Kōan Zengo, 1074–1132)
Kao-feng Yüan-miao (Kōhō Gemmyō, 1238–1295)
Kao-tsung, Emperor
Kashyapa (Mahakashyapa; disciple of the Buddha)
Kōkan. See Rokusodankyō kōkan
Kuei, Mount
Kuei-shan Ling-yu (Isan Reiyū, 771–853)
Le-t’an Huai-ch’eng (Rokutan Kaichō, n.d.)
Li Yu-lin
Lin-chi I-hsüan (Rinzai Gigen, d. 866)
Ling-yu. See Kuei-shan Ling-yu
Lo, Mount
Lotus Sutra
Lu, Mount
Lung-men (“Dragon Gate”). See Lung-men ssu
Lung-men ssu (temple)
Lung-ya Chu-tun (Ryūge Koton, 835–923)
Ma-tsu Tao-i (Baso Dōitsu, 709–788)
Manasvi (Dragon King)
Mara
Meditation Sutra
Meng-an Yüan-ts’ung (Mōan Gensō, d. 1209)
Mi-an Hsien-chieh (Mittan Kanketsu, 1118–1186)
Ming-chao Te-chien (Myōshō Tokken, n.d.)
Myōshin-ji (temple)
Nampo Jōmyō (Daiō Kokushi, 1235–1309)
Nan-ch’üan P’u-yüan (Nansen Fugan, 748–835)
Nan-ch’üan on the Mountain (koan)
Nan-ch’üan’s Death (koan)
Nan-hai Tsung-pao (Nankai Sōhō, 13th cent.)
Nan-t’ang Yüan-ching (Nando Genjō, 1065–1135)
Nan-yang Hui-chung (Nan’yō Echū, d. 930)
Nan-yüan Hui-yung (Nan’in Egyō, 677–744)
Nan-yüeh Huai-jang (Nangaku Ejō)
Nirvana Sutra
Old Clam: sobriquet of Tenkei Denson (1648–1735)
Old Sail Not Yet Raised (koan)
Pa-ling Hao-chien (Haryō Kōkan, n.d.)
Pao, senior monk (Hō, n.d.)
Papiyas, devil king
Pippali cave
Platform Sutra
P’o-an Tsu-hsien (Hōan Sōsen, 1136–1211)
Po-chang Huai-hai (Hyakujō Ekai, 720–814)
Po-yün, Mount
Po-yün Shou-tuan (Hakuun Shutan, 1025–1072)
Purna (disciple of the Buddha)
Purple Fields (Murasakino)
Recompense-body
Records of Hsü-t’ang
Records of Sokkō. See Records of Hsü-t’ang
Records of the Lamp
Redfin Carp
“Reviler of Heaven”: sobriquet of Ta-hui Tsung-kao
Rokusodankyō kōkan (Commentary on the Platform Sutra)
Rushana (Buddha)
San-sheng Hui-jan (Sanshō E’nen, n.d.)
Seishi (Bodhisattva)
Seng-chao (Sōjō, 384–414)
Seven wise sisters
Shakyamuni (Buddha)
Shang-lan (Jōran, n.d.)
Shariputra (disciple of the Buddha)
Shidō Munan (1603–1676)
Shih-shuang Ch’ing-chu (Sekisō Keisho, 807–888)
Shih-t’ou Hsi-ch’ien (Sekitō Kisen, 700–790)
Shining Land of Lapis Lazuli
Shōin-ji
Shöju Etan (1642–1721)
Shōju Rōjin: Shōju Etan
Shou-ch’u. See Tung-shan Shou-ch’u
Shou-shan Sheng-nien (Shuzan Shōnen, 926–993)
Shūhō Myōchō (Daitō Kokushi, 1282–1338)
Shui-an Shih-i (Suian Shiichi, 1107–1176)
Shun, monk (Jun, n.d.)
Shurangama Sutra
Sixth Patriarch. See Hui-neng
Sokkō. See Hsi-keng
Sokkō-roku Kaien-fusetsu
Ssu-ma, ascetic monk (Shiba, n.d.)
Su, Mount
Su-shan Kuang-jen (Sozan Kōnin, 837–909)
Su-shan’s Memorial Tower (koan)
Sung-yüan Ch’ung-yüeh (Shōgen Sügaku, 1139–1209)
Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment
Sutra of the Victorious Kings of Golden Light
Ta-hui Tsung-kao (Daie Sōkō, 1089–1163)
Ta-kuei Mu-che (Taii Botetsu, n.d.)
Ta-p’ing Hui-ch’in (Taihei Egon, 1059–1117)
Ta-sui Fa-chen (Daizui Hōshin, 878–963)
Ta-yüan. See Fu, senior monk
Te-shan Hsüan-chien (Tokusan Senken, 780–865)
Tou-shuai Ts’ung-yüeh (Tosotsu Jūetsu, 1044–1091)
T’ou-tzu Ta-tung (Tōsu Daidō, 819–914)
Transformation-body
Treatise of the Precious Treasury
Ts’ao-shan Pen-chi (Sōzan Honjaku, 840–901)
Ts’ui-wei Wu-hsüeh (Suibi Mugaku, n.d.)
Ts’ui-yen K’e-shin (Suigan Kashin, d. 1064)
Ts’ui-yen Shou-chih (Suigan Shushi, n.d.)
Tu-chan Hsing-ying (Dokutan Shōkei, 1628–1706)
Tuan-ya Liao-i (Dangai Ryōgi, 1263–1334)
Tung, Mount
Tung-shan. See Tung-shan Liang-chieh
Tung-shan Liang-chieh (Tōzan Ryōkai, 807–869)
Tung-shan Hsiao-ts’ung (Tōzan Gyōsō, n.d.)
Tung-shan Shou-ch’u (Tōzan Shusho, 910–990)
Tung-ssu Ju-hui (Tōji Nyoe, 758–823)
Tz’u-ming Ch’u-yüan (Jimyō Soen, 986–1039)
Upagupta, Fourth Indian Patriarch
Vaidehi, Queen
Vasuki (Dragon King)
Venerable Buddha of Boundless Life. See Amida (Buddha)
Vimalakirti, Layman
Wan-an Tao-yen (Mannan Dōgan, 1094–1164)
Wei-sheng Hsin-chüeh (Ishō Shinkaku, n.d.)
Wen-chu Ying-hsin (Monju Ōshin, n.d.)
Wu-chin, Layman (Mujin Kōji, 1043–1121)
Wu-chun Shih-fan (Bushun Shihan, 1177–1249)
Wu Lai
Wu-ming Hui-ching (Mumyō Ekyō)
Wu-tsu, Mount
Wu-tsu Fa-yen (Goso Hōen, 1024–1104)
Wu-tsu Shih-chieh (Goso Shikai, n.d.)
Yang, Master
Yang-ch’i Fang-hui (Yogi Hōe, 992–1049)
Yellow Dragon. See Huang-lung Hui-nan
Yen-t’ou Ch’üan-huo (Gantō Zenkatsu, 828–887)
Ying-an T’an-hua (Ō’an Donge, 1103–1163)
Yü, Emperor
Yü, the Great. See Yü, Emperor
Yüan-chien Fa-yüan (Enkan Hōen)
Yüan Chung-lang
Yüan-hsien Yung-chiao (Genkan Yōkaku, 1578–1657)
Yüan-wu K’o-ch’in (Engo Kokugon, 1063–1135)
Yün-an P’u-yen (Un’an Fugan, 1156–1226)
Yün-ch’i Chu-hung (Unsei Shukō, 1535–1615)
Yün-chü, Mount
Yün-chü Tao-ying (Ungo Dōyō)
Yün-feng Wen-yüeh (Umpō Bun’etsu, 998–1062)
Yün-men Wen-yen (Ummon Bun’en, 862–949)
Yung-chia Hsüan-chüeh (Yōka Genkaku, 675–713)
Yung-chiao. See Yüan-hsien Yung-chiao
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