A
ability to shrug
absolute and relative
Access to Insight website
action in life
activity in zazen
aesthetic, Zen description
afflictive emotions
aging
Aitkin, Robert, Taking the Path of Zen
altars
American Zen Teacher’s Association (AZTA)
Anderson, Reb, The Third Turning of the Wheel: Wisdom of the Samdhinirmocana Sutra
anger
others making you angry
precept
self study
answers in vipassana
applications of practice
art of living
aspiration, precept
attachment
advice for others
being right
body
busyness
dukkha
emotions
to enlightenment
good
job
letting go
not being attached to praise or blame precept
problematic
reasons for
recognizing
relationships
roles
self-interest
thoughts
attention. See mindfulness
exercise techniques
mindfulness
attitude, shifting
authenticity
Avatamsaka Sutra
awakening
enlightenment
kensho
awareness
not-self things
AZTA (American Zen Teacher’s Association)
B
Bays, Jan Chozen, How to Train a Wild Elephant
Beck, Charlotte Joko, Everyday Zen
beginner’s mind
behavior of others in daily life
benefits of Zen practice
betrayal
big self and small self
blame precept
bodhisattvas
vows
aging
attachments
illness
pain
body awareness
breath
hands
movement
walking meditation
boredom
in practice
bowing
breath
attention exercise
mindfulness
zazen
brightness of the world, enlightened worldview
Buddha
story
truth which liberates
buddha-nature
absolute and relative
big self and small self
enlightenment
ignorance
nirvana
buddhas
Buddhism
Pali Canon
Pure Land
three treasures
Zen
Buddhist mythology
Buddhist name
Burmese zazen position
busyness
attachments
challenges
effects
space
zazen
C
calm-abiding
car analogy
caring for everything
causes of dukkha
letting go
ceremonies
Jukai
ordination
vow taking
cessation of habits
challenges
afflictive emotions
betrayal
busyness
criticisms
koans
koans in daily life
koans of complacency
misunderstandings
worry
Ch’an lineage
Ch’an Zen
change
anxiety about
cessation of habits
desire to
obstacles
too much
claims of enlightenment
clarity, precepts
commentary, mind
compassion
buddha-nature
helping others
ignorance
precepts
concentration
meditation
zazen
conditions on happiness
confession, karma
conflicting desires, change
less-self
contentment, daily practice
contrition, karma
co-workers, practice
criticisms
cultural tension in daily life
curiosity
customers, practice
D
daily life
friction with practice
daily practice
behavior of others
contentment
cultural tension
distractions
materialism
precepts
resistance from others
respecting other paths
stillness
superiority feelings
work
death
practice
self
deep meditative states
deepening practice
delusion, enlightenment
depression
vipassana
desire versus grasping
determination in practice
Dharma
dharma name
The Diamond Sutra and The Sutra of Hui Neng (Price & Mou-lam)
difficult circumstances
aging
forbearance
grief
illness
injustice
loss
pain
stories told to self
dignity
distractions in daily practice
dokusan
drowsiness during meditation
dukkha
attachment
causes
Noble Eightfold Path
practicing steps to liberation
recognizing
E
Eightfold Path
embracing one’s work
emotions
afflictive
attachment
dukkha
nonafflictive
practice
strong emotions
emptiness
fear of
self-nature
enactments of enlightenment
enlightened experience
enlightened worldview
absolute and relative
big self and small self
brightness
compassion
discovery
interdependence
nirvana
preciousness
true nature
waking to reality
attachment
attitudes/approaches
availability
awakening
buddha-nature
claims of others
delusion
direction
enactments
existence
experiences
history
importance
inherent
kensho
pervasiveness
possibility
way of being
versus opening
Everyday Zen (Beck)
existential angst, self
expansion, zazen
expectations about meditation
experiences of enlightenment
eyes during zazen
F
facing fears
fear of emptiness
insights about self
faith in practice
family relationships
fears
emptiness
facing
insights about self
five aggregates
forbearance
foundation building
determination
facing fears
faith in practice
fear of emptiness
habits
insights about self
not-knowing
Four Noble Truths
causes of dukkha
letting go of the causes dukkha
Noble Eightfold Path
practice steps to liberation
recognize dukkha
translations
friends, good spiritual friends
friendships
From the Kitchen to Enlightenment (Uchiyama Roshi)
G
generosity
grasping
versus desire
gratitude, practice
greed, self study
grief
as a teacher
groups. See sanghas, zazen
H
habit energy
habits
cessation
maintaining
mindfulness
habitual mind
hands
during zazen
mindfulness
Hanh, Thich Nhat, The Miracle of Mindfulness
conditions
others making you happy
helping others
honorifics of teachers
house metaphor
How to Train a Wild Elephant (Bays)
I
id (Freudian psychology)
ideals versus people
ignorance, buddha-nature
illness
death
illusion of self, dropping
influence
injustice
insight
about self
Buddha’s
calm-abiding
enlightened experience
nature of self
neglecting, dangers
picking up, then putting down
samatha
seeking versus non-seeking
types of knowing
vipassana
zazen
intention, precepts
interaction with others, precepts
interdependence
behavior
mirror neurons
suffering
intimacy, increase in
intimate relationships
intoxicants precept
intuition in teacher selection
J
Japanese culture, Zen aesthetic description
job
attachments
daily practice
embracing work
judgment
practice
samatha
Jukai
K
Kabat-Zinn, Jon
Kapleau, Philip, The Three Pillars of Zen
karma
Buddhism
choices
concept’s uses
confession
contrition
description
desire to change
effects, delayed
Hinduism
mind
support during work
taking responsibility
kensho
killing, precept
kinhin
knowing, types
koans
complacency
daily life
relationships
kshanti
L
lay practice, teachers
lay Zen Buddhists
ordained persons
length of time for meditation
less-self
letting go of attachment
levels of the mind
life
experiencing
preciousness
life’s path, actions
lineage, Vietnamese (Thich Nhat Hanh)
lineages
AZTA (American Zen Teacher’s Association)
Ch’an
intuition in selection
organizations
Rinzai
Seon
Soto
SZBA (Soto Zen Buddhist Association)
teacher credentials
location for zazen
loss
as a teacher
loving kindness
lying precept
M
Magnanimous Mind
makyo
materialism
daily practice
The Matrix
MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction)
meaning of existence, self
medicine for all suffering
meditation See also zazen
assessing
benefits
calm-abiding
concentration
deep states
during difficulties
drowsiness
expectations
groups
initial
length
makyo
odd experiences
pain during
position
purpose
regularity
retreats
samadhi
samatha
sesshin
Siddhartha Gautama
vipassana
walking meditation
worry
mental health
care as complement to Zen
depression
false dichotomy between Zen
no-self
opinions of others
practitioners
professional help
self, ideas about
strong sense of self
trauma
Zen practice
Zen versus mental health care
mental instructions for zazen
metta practice
mind
commentary
function
levels
mindfulness See also present moment
attention
attention exercise techniques
beginner’s mind
body awareness
breath
caring for everything
concentration
expansion
habits
movement
remembering
respect
rituals
tasks
verses
walking meditation
worry
versus zazen
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
The Miracle of Mindfulness (Hanh)
mirror neurons
misconceptions, non-attachment
misunderstandings
misuse of sexual energy precept
monkey mind
monks
Moon in a Dewdrop (Tanahashi)
moral law of the universe
morality
compassion
precepts
reasons
suffering, interdependence
suffering
zazen
mortality
movement, mindfulness
Mu koan
myths about Zen
N
Nagasena, nature of self
names
nature of self, insight
nirvana
Noble Eightfold Path
non-attachment
misconceptions
non-edifying questions
no-self
fears of emptiness
mental health
not abusing intoxicants precept
not being attached to praise or blame precept
not being stingy precept
not disparaging aspiration precept
not dwelling on past mistakes precept
not indulging anger precept
not killing precept
not knowing
not lying precept
not stealing precept
not-self things
O
obligations of others
Only Don’t Know (Sahn)
openings versus enlightenment
opinions of others, releasing
ordination
beginning of training
monks
priests
P
pain
during meditation
Pali Canon
perception, change
perfections, forbearance
personal discovery
philosophy of Zen
physical tension, self study
pleasure
position for meditation
positive peer pressure in sangha
possessions
post enlightenment
posture for zazen
practice
applications
authenticity
being nicer
benefits
boredom
change
curiosity
daily life
daily precept practice
deepening
description
determination
emotions
faith
friction with daily life
gratitude
groups
increase in difficulties
judgment
meaning
mental health
metta
participating
patience
relationship problems
retreats
sanghas
satisfaction
stress relief
zazen equipment
zazen length
zazen location
zazen regularity
zazen time
praise precept
precepts
behavior
busyness
clarity
compassion
daily practice
intention
interaction with others
law of karma
misuse of sexual energy
not abusing intoxicants
not being attached to praise or blame
not being stingy
not disparaging aspiration
not dwelling on past mistakes
not indulging anger
not killing
not lying
not stealing
present moment See also mindfulness
moral behavior
not dwelling on past mistakes precept
zazen
Present Moment Wonderful Moment (Hanh)
Price, A. F., The Diamond Sutra and The Sutra of Hui Neng
professional help for mental health
psychology, Zen
psychopathic personalities
Pure Land Buddhism
Q–R
questions in vipassana
rakusu
reality
concepts about the world
interdependence
waking up to
rejection of life stereotype
relationship to the world, self
relationships
all are alike
anger
attachments
co-workers
customers
family
friends
happiness
inimate partners
interconnectedness
koans
others owning you
problems after starting practice
psychopathic personalities
self-centeredness
strangers
religious aspects of Zen
resistance
self study
resistance from others
resources
Access to Insight website
The Diamond Sutra and the Sutra of of Hui Neng (Price & Mou-lam)
Everyday Zen (Beck)
The Miracle of Mindfulness (Hanh)
Moon in a Dewdrop (Tanahashi, ed.)
Only Don’t’ Know (Sahn)
Sweeping Zen website
Taking the Path of Zen (Aitken)
The Three Pillars of Zen (Kapleau)
Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind (Suzuki)
The Zen Teachings of Master Lin-Chi (Watson)
respect, mindfulness
respecting other paths
responsibility, karma
retreats
retreats for meditation
Rinzai lineage
writings of Master Rinzai
ritual
mindfulness
roles in the world, attachments
S
Sahn, Seung, Only Don’t Know
samadhi
samatha
clear versus turbid
judgment
volition
samsara
samurai warriors
sangha
benefits
first visit
good spiritual friends
modern
zazen
sanzen
satisfaction, practice
satori
seeing clearly
seeking versus non-seeking
seiza
seiza bench
self
anger
big self and small self
death
emergent phenomenon
existence
existential angst
expressing true self
greed
ideas about, mental health
illness
insight
insight
kensho
less-self
meaning of existence
no-self
not-self things
old age
relating to the world
resistance
stinginess
stories told to
strong sense
study
tension, physical
true nature
self delusion
not-self things
self illusion, dropping
self-concept
buddha-nature
five aggregates
making use of
self-essence
difficult times
self-interest, attachment
self-nature
emergent phenomenon
emptiness
existence
Nagasena
river analogy
Seon lineage
separation from others
sesshin
sexual energy misuse precept
Shakyamuni Buddha, insight
shifting attitude, work
shikantaza
shrugging
Siddhartha Guatama
silent meditation retreat
skillful behavior
Soto lineage
writing of Master Dogen
Soto Zen Buddhist Association (SZBA)
space in busyness
spiritual friends
spiritual materialism
stealing, precept
stereotypes, rejection of life
stillness
cultivating
daily practice
stimulation, stillness
stinginess, self study
stories told to self
strangers, practice
stress relief
MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction)
practice
stressful times
aging
forbearance
grief
illness
injustice
loss
pain
stories told to self
strong emotions
strong sense of self
students
formal teacher relationship
recognition
transmission
study of the self
anger
greed
resistence
self delusion
stinginess
tension, physical
suffering
Buddha’s insight
interdependence
medicine for all suffering
optimism
superego (Freudian psychology)
superiority feelings
Avatamsaka Sutra
The Perfection of Wisdom in Eigth Thousand Lines
Suzuki, Shunryu, Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind
Sweeping Zen website
SZBA (Soto Zen Buddhist Association)
T
Taking the Path of Zen (Aitken)
Tanahashi, Kaz, Moon in a Dewdrop
teachers
AZTA (American Zen Teacher’s Association)
challenge
credentials
dokusan
encouragement from
enlightenment stories
formal student relationship
guidance from
intuition
knowledge increase
koans
lineage
ordination
sanzen
SZBA (Soto Zen Buddhist Association)
titles
witness
teachings. See also Dharma
awakenings
Four Noble Truths
koans
using
tension
cultural tension
physical, self study
Tenzokyokun (Wright)
Thich Nhat Hanh
Present Moment Wonderful Moment
The Third Turning of the Wheel: Wisdom of the Samdhinirmocana Sutra (Anderson)
thoughts, attachment
The Three Pillars of Zen (Kapleau)
three treasures of Buddhism
titles (honorifics) of teachers
tradition of Zen
training, ordination
trauma
true nature
absolute and relative
big self and small self
ignorance
nirvana
true self, expressing
truth. See also Four Noble Truths
Buddha’s insight
non-edifying questions
seeing clearly
tomato analogy
types of knowing
truth which liberates
U–V
universal moral law
valuable, not valuable
verses, mindfulness
Vietnamese lineage
vipassana
answer
question
volition, stillness cultivation
vows
bodhisattva
wagessa
waking up to reality
walking meditation
Watson, Burton, The Zen Teachings of Master Lin-Chi
websites
Access to Insight
Sweeping Zen
Western Zen
wisdom, cultivating
work, embracing
world concepts, reality
worry
Z
zazen
judgment in
zabuton
zazen See also meditation
attention exercise techniques
benefits
breath
Burmese
busyness
calm-abiding
concentration
deep meditative states
developing habit
during difficulties
drowsiness
expansion
expectations
eyes
group
habitual mind
hands
insight
leg position
levels of mind
location
makyo
mental instructions
monkey mind
moral behavior
odd experiences
pain during
physical discomfort
position
posture
present moment
purpose
regularity
regularity versus length
resistance
samadhi
samatha
sanghas
seiza
seiza bench
shikantaza
simplicity
stillness cultivation
timing
versus mindfulness
vipassana
volitional activity
zafu
Zen
aesthetic description
Buddhism
description
Japanese culture
misconceptions
word definition
Zen Buddhism, origins
Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind (Suzuki)
The Zen Teachings of Master Lin-Chi (Watson)
Zen tradition