Zen Ritual: Studies of Zen Buddhist Theory in Practice

352 Pages·2007·1.63 MB·English

by  Steven Heine

Zen Ritual
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Zen Ritual
Studies of Zen Buddhist Theory in Practice
edited by steven heine
and dale s. wright
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2008
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Acknowledgments
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Contents
Abbreviations, ix
Contributors, xi
Introduction: Rethinking Ritual Practice in Zen Buddhism, 3
Dale S. Wright
1. Ritual in Japanese Zen Buddhism, 21
T. Griffith Foulk
2. Chan Rituals of the Abbots’ Ascending the Dharma
Hall to Preach, 83
Mario Poceski
3. Buddhist Rituals for Protecting the Country in Medieval Japan:
Myo¯an Eisai’s ‘‘Regulations of the Zen School,’’ 113
Albert Welter
4. Is Do¯gen’s Eiheiji Temple ‘‘Mt. T’ien-t’ung East’’?:
Geo-Ritual Perspectives on the Transition from Chinese
Ch’an to Japanese Zen, 139
Steven Heine
5. Zazen as an Enactment Ritual, 167
Taigen Dan Leighton
viii contents
6. Women and Do¯gen: Rituals Actualizing Empowerment
and Healing, 185
Paula K. R. Arai
7. Invocation of the Sage: The Ritual to Glorify the Emperor, 205
Michel Mohr
8. Meditation in Motion: Textual Exegesis in the Creation of Ritual, 223
David E. Riggs
9. Dharma Transmission in Theory and Practice, 261
William M. Bodiford
Pinyin–Wade-Giles Conversion Table, 283
Notes, 291
Index, 333
Abbreviations
*D O¯kubo Do¯shu, ed., Do¯gen Zenji zenshu (Tokyo: Chikuma
shobo¯, 1969–1970).
*DZZ Do¯gen zenji zenshu, ed. Kagamishima Genryu, Kawamura
Ko¯do¯,SuzukiKakuzen,KosakaKiyu,et.al.,7vols.(Tokyo:
Shunjusha, 1988–1993).
T Taisho¯ shinshu daiz¯oky¯o [Japanese Edition of the Buddhist
Canon] (Tokyo: Daizo¯kyo¯kai, 1924–1935).
S So¯to¯shu zensho kanko¯kai, ed., S¯ot¯oshu zensho, rev. and
enlarged, 18 vols. (Tokyo: So¯to¯shu shumucho¯, 1970–
1973).
ZZ Zoku z¯oky¯o [Dai Nihon zokuzo¯kyo¯] (Kyoto: Zo¯kyo¯ shoin,
1905–1912).
*These are two differentversions of Do¯gen’s collected works.
Notes on Terminology
First, aware that there are two acceptable systems of scholarly trans-
literationfor Chinese (Pinyin and Wade-Giles), each atthis point
ratherwellknown,theeditorsofthisvolumehaveallowedauthorsto
work in the system of transliteration thatthey feel mostsuitable.
Pleasesee theappendix for Pinyin–Wade-Giles conversion table.
Also,there are anumber ofterms in this volume, both English
and foreign words thatare common in Buddhiststudies, being used