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by Matylda
Thu Feb 15, 2024 9:47 pm
Forum: Soto
Topic: Roshi and Zenji
Replies: 2
Views: 469

Re: Roshi and Zenji

What is the diffrence between roshi and zenji? roshi means just old master zenji exact meaning is zen master zenji is mostly given as a posthumous title of a zen master. however in soto zen abbots of the two main monasteries namely Eiheiji and Sojiji are addressed as zenji, while still alive. in ri...
by Matylda
Sun Feb 04, 2024 1:54 pm
Forum: Zen
Topic: No-Self Concept
Replies: 19
Views: 1175

Re: No-Self Concept

I don’t know what kind of zen you were learning. If no-self were not a concept in Zen, it wouldn’t be Buddha Dharma. Well, whatever. Anyway, zen has no concepts if there are, there is no zen. Mixing zen with concepts even from sutras is grave mistake. Wether it happens in Taiwan Japan or anywhere e...
by Matylda
Sat Feb 03, 2024 12:31 am
Forum: Zen
Topic: No-Self Concept
Replies: 19
Views: 1175

Re: No-Self Concept

Hi, I've been absorbing as far as I can the no-self concept that the ego construct is a major cause of suffering. As a trainee psychotherapist, the concept of ego/self is important too and I am trying to align both within and without me, which is a challenge. I liked the way I have seen it put, tha...
by Matylda
Sun Oct 01, 2023 7:10 am
Forum: East Asian Buddhism
Topic: Yogacara manual
Replies: 18
Views: 1285

Re: Yogacara manual

Havent read it, but heard good things about this one: Living Yogacara by Tagawa Shun’ei Tagawa Shun'ei is the abbot of Kofukuji in Nara, the head temple of the Hosso school of Japanese Buddhism. I did not read this book, but Hosso is the Japanese yogachara school, so it could be good source of info...
by Matylda
Mon Jul 31, 2023 1:12 pm
Forum: Soto
Topic: American Soto Zen
Replies: 293
Views: 18752

Re: American Soto Zen

Astus wrote: Mon Jul 31, 2023 12:18 pm
Matylda wrote: Mon Jul 31, 2023 8:18 amInka is completely diffrent issue.
It is also based on the idea that the buddha-mind is transmitted from one generation to another, is it not?
Is it? Well if you know, then ok.
by Matylda
Mon Jul 31, 2023 8:18 am
Forum: Soto
Topic: American Soto Zen
Replies: 293
Views: 18752

Re: American Soto Zen

The definition does not mean anything. ... It is not inka, which is meant to be a confirmation of thorough realization. ... The whole discussion would have never taken place if dharma transmission had been as you suggested. On paper, by definition, dharma transmission means the transmission of budd...
by Matylda
Sun Jul 30, 2023 11:20 pm
Forum: Soto
Topic: American Soto Zen
Replies: 293
Views: 18752

Re: American Soto Zen

How could it not exist today when the definition is still very much in use? Here's another one: '“Dharma transmission” is defined as experiencing face-to-face transmission between master and disciple, receiving the Three Things, and realizing preservation of the Dharma Lamp.' The definition does no...
by Matylda
Sun Jul 30, 2023 9:36 pm
Forum: Soto
Topic: American Soto Zen
Replies: 293
Views: 18752

Re: American Soto Zen

The idea of dharma transmission in Zen, Soto included, is the recognition of the disciple's awakening being the same as that of Shakyamuni Buddha, as exemplified by the so called Flower Sermon. But his does not exist for long time already. Today the meaning is that one becomes a priest and is allow...
by Matylda
Sun Jul 30, 2023 5:04 pm
Forum: Soto
Topic: American Soto Zen
Replies: 293
Views: 18752

Re: American Soto Zen

There is no guarantee that will find proper person. The question is if one who is accepted as a realised teacher can confirm a disciple who is not realised? If yes, then lineage is meaningless. If no, then all within a lineage must be accepted in the same way as the original teacher. This is first ...
by Matylda
Sun Jul 30, 2023 11:13 am
Forum: Soto
Topic: American Soto Zen
Replies: 293
Views: 18752

Re: American Soto Zen

And since there is documented lineage, why did they (the last realized Soto Zen teachers) confirm others who were not realized? Or were they confused/mistaken when they confirmed others? When the teacher gives inka to the disciple and entire dharma transmission, the disciple takes then full respons...
by Matylda
Sun Jul 30, 2023 11:10 am
Forum: Soto
Topic: American Soto Zen
Replies: 293
Views: 18752

Re: American Soto Zen

Matylda, If one was to accept what I believe is your view that there are no realized (Japanese) Soto Zen teachers, can you tell me who were the last realized Soto Zen teachers? Hara tanzan, Watanabe Genshu, Harada Sogaku, Koho Chisan, Nagasawa Sozen, and probably a few more. All of them received in...
by Matylda
Sun Jul 30, 2023 7:48 am
Forum: Soto
Topic: American Soto Zen
Replies: 293
Views: 18752

Re: American Soto Zen

The issues sound specific to those temples, but indirectly related to the broader collapse of Japanese Buddhist institutions. I understand the lack of young people interested in temple life pretty much applies across all sects. I would be interested to see if the success of those Rinzai Sodos is on...
by Matylda
Sat Jul 29, 2023 9:52 pm
Forum: Soto
Topic: American Soto Zen
Replies: 293
Views: 18752

Re: American Soto Zen

I do not understand from your response if you think SBZA is a Soto Zen International office or not - there are important differences. No, of course those are two entities. Just Shumucho had this idea to encourage priests affiliated with sokanbu-i.e. international division of soto shu, to form anoth...
by Matylda
Sat Jul 29, 2023 8:51 pm
Forum: Soto
Topic: American Soto Zen
Replies: 293
Views: 18752

Re: American Soto Zen

I can not think of any other organization like SZBA, i have lived in Europe for so long now that i think i would know. from the SZBA website History of the SZBA The SZBA was formed in 1996, in relation to the Japanese Sotoshu but autonomous . ...... Perhaps you are thinking of the Soto Zen Internat...
by Matylda
Sat Jul 29, 2023 6:49 pm
Forum: Soto
Topic: American Soto Zen
Replies: 293
Views: 18752

Re: American Soto Zen

I don't know why you have "halfquoted" me - maybe I'm not explaint rightly- but acting in that way, I think we may lost the main point of this thread, I am really sorry I did not mean that. I just referred only to this one sentence about kensho. Not about entire problem. But since it stru...
by Matylda
Sat Jul 29, 2023 6:38 pm
Forum: Soto
Topic: American Soto Zen
Replies: 293
Views: 18752

Re: American Soto Zen

Yes, its priests, but not for example, the SZBA’s preists. This I am not sure. The question is where do they register newly ordained. Also if they have their own sodos. Where do they register hossen and shiho. Similar organisations are in Europe etc. but they were established with cooperation of so...
by Matylda
Sat Jul 29, 2023 6:28 pm
Forum: Soto
Topic: American Soto Zen
Replies: 293
Views: 18752

Re: American Soto Zen

The SZBA is an organization independent of the Soto Shu. Only partly. this kind of organizations were supported by sokanbus-representative of shumucho- on every continent, not only in America. So it only looks from outside as if they are indeppendent, but with dependent soto priests. But even if th...
by Matylda
Sat Jul 29, 2023 6:21 pm
Forum: Soto
Topic: American Soto Zen
Replies: 293
Views: 18752

Re: American Soto Zen

Hi Matylda, why did they close? Most probably no unsui to train. In the case of Daijoji, which somehow is shokcking, I have no idea what happened. Azuma roshi was I think the last shike and abbot. But he was a scholar not zen master. Komazawa president etc. So probably training was dull. When Itaba...
by Matylda
Sat Jul 29, 2023 1:10 pm
Forum: Soto
Topic: American Soto Zen
Replies: 293
Views: 18752

Re: American Soto Zen

As a former Zen practitioner I’ve always appreciated Matylda’s breadth of knowledge and willingness to share it on this board, and feel that at least one poster above owes her an apology. No, really not. I understand people emotions concerning this very difficult matter. I understand and accept res...
by Matylda
Sat Jul 29, 2023 1:00 pm
Forum: Soto
Topic: American Soto Zen
Replies: 293
Views: 18752

Re: American Soto Zen

But japanese shumucho the administrative body over all soto school on all continents, is supervising the activity of its priests, whether Japanese or non-Japnese. They even give some financial support to those outside of Japan. So there is somehow institutional continuity in the sense of administra...

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