-
dharma heirs,
three of whom are
still alive and
leading Zen teachers within the lineage:
Hogaku ShoZen McGuire,
Zenkai Taiun Michael Elliston Sensei, and Kaiten...
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Nakayama Shōzen (中山 正善,
April 23, 1905 –
November 14, 1967) was the
second Shinbashira of Tenrikyo. He was the
first son of
Nakayama Shinnosuke, the first...
- Today, the
temple holds memorial services for animals,
including cats.
Shōzen-in in Mizukami,
Kumamoto retains a
legend which states that its founding...
- with commentaries, that is used in
Zen Buddhist practice in
different ways. The main goal of kōan
practice in
Zen is to
achieve kenshō (Chinese: jianxing...
- in Nakayama's handwriting. The
second Shinbashira (leader of Tenrikyo),
Shozen Nakayama,
later adopted the term to
refer to the
fourteen verses that were...
- satoru. In the
Zen Buddhist tradition,
satori refers to a deep
experience of kenshō, "seeing into one's true nature". Ken
means "seeing,"
shō means "nature"...
-
Shoshin (****anese: 初心) is a
concept from
Zen Buddhism meaning beginner's mind. It
refers to
having an
attitude of openness, eagerness, and lack of preconceptions...
- get
through a furnace; a
wooden Buddha cannot get
through fire". See Ed
Shozen Haber,
Mumonkan Case 19, and
Barry Magid,
Ordinary Mind is the Way. Green...
- directions"
delivered between January 4, 1887 and June 9, 1907.
According to
Shozen Nakayama, the
second Shinbashira (the
spiritual and
administrative leader...
-
Kyoten (天理教教典) on
October 26, 1949, with the
authorization of
Nakayama Shozen, the
Second Shinbashira.
Since then, the
Tenrikyo Kyoten has
undergone one...
