RELIGIONS
SHINTO
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Soto
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Rinzai
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Satori
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Dokusan
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Detailed explanation-1: -Dokusan, or the formal meeting of teacher and student, is an essential element of Zen practice. Dogen Zenji says that there are two ways to realize the body and mind of Zen, “Meeting with a teacher to inquire into dharma and just wholeheartedly sitting.”
Detailed explanation-2: -Densho: The large bell used to announce services and lectures. Doan: The person who rings the bells during service or zazen.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Japanese word dokusan means “going alone to a respected one.” This is the name in Japanese Zen for the private interview between a student and the teacher. Such meetings are important in any branch of Buddhist practice, but especially so in Zen.
Detailed explanation-4: -disciple. A Zen student who has taken a formal teacher and wears a rakusu. By becoming a disciple, the student has committed to receiving Zen guidance and training from a transmitted Teacher in our lineage. Disciples can be either lay or monastic.
Detailed explanation-5: -In Japanese this is called dokusan, which means going alone to the teacher, and sanzen, going to Zen.