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 ） ・ 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 ’ ien- t ’ ung （天童山） ・ After coming back to Japan, aimed to revival of Tendai Buddhism through ZEN. Eisai （栄西） （１１４１－１２１ ５）

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 2)Find the footprints of cow <footprints means Sutras or Koan that pioneer or senior already written>

3) Catch a glimpse of cow 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

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）  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 ( )

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 ”