fire on one’s head, brush off the: 頭燃をはらふ [zunen wo harau].
fire, blink of: 星火 [seika], literally, star fire.
fire, raging: 猛火 [mōka].
firewood, carry: 搬柴 [hansai].
fist: 拳頭 [kentō]. 頭 [tō] is a suffix.
fist, a single: 拳頭一隻 [kentō isseki].
fist, blow of a: 喫拳 [kikken], literally, receiving a fist.
fist, enter a: 入拳頭裏 [nyū kentō ri].
fist, held-up: 拈拳頭 [nenkentō].
fist, raise a: 拳頭を擧起す [kentō wo koki-su]. Expresses direct understanding.
fist, vital: 活拳頭 [katsuketō].
fists, stinky: 臭拳頭 [shūkentō].
fists and nostrils: 拳頭鼻孔 [kentō bikū]. Teachers and elders.
fit exactly: 的當 [tekitō], literally, hit the mark.
Five Buddhas: See Buddhas, Five.
Five Gates. See also Schools, Five.
Five Houses. See also Schools, Five.
Five Houses, different flavors of the: 五家門風 [goke mompū].
five monks: See monks, five.
Five Ranks. See Ranks, Five.
Five Schools: See Schools, Five.
five skandhas: See skandhas, five.
Five Vehicles: See Vehicles, Five.
fivefold power: 五力 [goriki]. The power of: trust, effort, mindfulness, samādhi, and wisdom. Included in the thirty-seven wings of enlightenment.
five sense organs: See organs, five sense.
flame: 火焔 [kaen].
flavors, hundred: 百味珍饈 [hyaku mi chinshū], literally, one hundred tastes and rare delicacies.
flaws, free of: 無漏 [mro].
flesh, lump of red: 赤肉團 [shakuniku dan]. Body.
flow: 經歴(す) [kyōraku(-su)], literally, passing through or continuous passage. For Dōgen, experience of all time—past, present, and future—as the present moment.
flower canopy: 華蓋 [kegai].
flower in the sky: 虚空華 [kokūge]. Illusory flowers; illusory vision. See also emptiness, flower of.
flower, heavenly: 天華 [tenge].
Flowers in the Sky: 空華 [Kūge]. Forty-fourth fascicle of this book.
flowery words: 言華 [gonka].
fluctuation. See also activity.
fly beyond: 趯飛 [chōhi].
flying, activity of: 飛空 [hikō].
follow all the way through: 隨他去 [zui ta ko].
force: 強爲 [gōi]. Forcefully assert, wield authority.
force, vital: 命 [myō].
foretell: 記す [ki-su]. Predict one’s enlightenment.
form: 色 [shiki]. Translation of Skt. rūpa: color, form, or phenomena. 象 [shō], literally, shape.
form, color, and measurements: 體色量 [tai shiki ryō].
form, conceal the body and reveal the: 藏身影彌露 [zōshin yō miro].
form, essence, body, and power: 相性體力 [sōshō tairiki].
form, fixed: 定相 [jōsō].
form, genuine: 本色 [honjiki], literally, original color. 正儀 [shōgi], authentic procedure.
form, no: 無相 [musō].
form, original: 本樣 [hon’yō].
form, perception, feeling, inclination, and discernment: 色受想行識 [shiki ju sō gyō shiki]. Five skandhas.
form, venerable: 尊儀 [songi].
form is emptiness: 色即是空 [shiki soku ze kū].
form is revealed: 露影 [roei], literally, image is revealed.
form realm. See also realms, three.
formless realm: See realms, three.
forms, beyond: 非相 [hisō], literally, not form.
forms, myriad: 萬象 [manzō].
forthright practice-realization: 直修證 [jiki shushō].
foundation, master the: 達本 [tappon].
four bodily presences: See bodily presences, four.
Four Continents: See Continents, Four.
four dependences: See dependences, four.
Four Deva Kings: See Deva Kings, Four.
four fruits: See fruits, four.
four groups of practitioners: See practitioners, four groups of.
Four Horses: 四馬 [Shime]. Eighty-sixth fascicle of this book.
four noble truths: See truths, four noble.
four right efforts: See efforts, four right.
four stages of meditation: See meditation, four stages of.
four types of practice: 行法に四種 [gyōhō ni shishu]. See also dependences, four.
Four Understandings: See Understandings, Four.
four worlds: See worlds, four.
Fourth Heaven: 第四天 [daishi ten]. Fourth of the six heavens in the desire realm. Tushita Heaven.
fourth stage of meditation: See meditation, four stages of; Monk of the Fourth Stage of Meditation.
fox, spirit of a wild: 野狐精 [yako zei].
fox, wild: 野干 [yakan].
free, float: 遊戲(す) [yuke(-su)]. Free oneself.
free, not yet: 未脱 [midatsu], literally, not yet off.
freedom: 自在 [jizai], literally, being oneself.
freedom from attachment: 執爲斷 [shui dan], literally, cut off attachment.
friend and enemy: 怨親 [onshin].
from beginning to end: 頭正尾正 [zushin bishin], literally, head correct and tail correct.
from head to toe: 把尾收頭 [habi shūtō], literally, grabbing tail and taking head.
from root to twig: 搆本宗末 [kōhon shūmatsu].
front of oneself, in: 當面 [tōmen], literally, hitting face.
fruit, first: See fruits, four.
fruit, realize the: 證果 [shōka]. Fruits of realization. See also fruits, four.
fruit of no returning: 阿那含果 [anagon ka]. Skt., anāgāmin, literally, one who does not return. Transliteration: 阿那含[anagon]. Third of the four fruits of shramanas, wandering monks. See also fruits, four.
fruits, four: 四果 [shika]. The four stages of shramanas (wandering monks) in the progression of becoming an arhat. Achievements of a practitioner as: a stream enterer who has become free from delusions; once-returner and never-returner who have become free from desires; and one who has no more need to study. The last stage is called the fruit of an arhat.
Fu: See Taiyuan Fu.
Fuguang Ruman: 佛光如滿 [Bukkō Nyoman]. Ca. eighth–ninth century. Dharma heir of Mazu Daoyi, Nanyue Line. Abbot of Fuguang Monastery, Luoyang (Henan), the capital city of dynasties including Tang. Renowned poet Bai Jui was a lay student of his.
Fuguo Weibai: 佛國惟白 [Bukkoku Ihaku]. Eleventh–twelfth century. Dharma heir of Fayun Faxiu, Yunmen School. Compiled Jianzhong Jingguo Continuous Transmission of the Lamp (Continuous Transmission of the Lamp).
full moon, shape of a: 滿月輪 [mangetsu rin].
full-lotus position: 結跏趺坐 [kekka fuza]. Sitting with both legs crossed over each other.
fully manifest: 獨露 [dokuro].
Fuma: See Li Fuma.
function: 功徳 [kudoku], literally, effort and virtue. Ability, possibility, active power, activity, aspect, characteristics, merit, effect, value, virtue. 功 [kō].
function, great: 大用 [daiyū].
function, transformative: 化機 [keki].
fundamental point. See also kōan.
furnace: 火爐 [karo].
furnace and bellows: 爐鞴 [rohai]. 1. The practice place where the master trains the students, like tempering a furnace. 2. Entire daily activity.
furnishing: 家具 [kagu]. Furniture. 調度 [chōdo]. Accoutrement, equipment, instrument, utensil. Things needed for the daily activities of the buddha house.
Furong Daokai: 芙蓉道楷 [Fuyō Dōkai]. 1043–1118, China. Dharma heir of Touzi Yiqing, Caodong School. Also called Dayang, 大陽 [Taiyō]. Before he studied Zen, he engaged in Daoist sorcery. He taught at Mount Dayang, Ying Region (Hubei), and later at Lake Furong, (Shandong). His reputation as a teacher led
Emperor Hui to offer Furong favors and demand that he teach near the palace, but Furong refused on both counts, incurring the Emperor’s wrath. Later, the Emperor forgave him and built him a temple at Furong, where he moved and taught many students for the rest of his life, revitalizing the monastic standards of the Caodong School.
Furong Lingxun: 芙蓉靈訓 [Fuyō Reikun]. Ca. ninth century, China. Dharma heir of Guizong Zhichang, Nanyue Line. Taught at Mount Furong, Fu Region (Fujian). His posthumous name is Great Master Hongzhao, 弘照大師 [Kōshō Daishi].
future: 末上 [matsujō], literally, upward-pointing twigs.
Fuxing Fatai: 佛性法泰 [Busshō Hōtai]. Ca. eleventh–twelfth century, China. Dharma heir of Yuanwu Keqin, Linji School. Abbot of Mount Gui (Dagui), Tan Region (Hunan). His posthumous name is Zen Master Fuxing, 佛照禪師 [Busshō Zenji].
Fuyan Qingyuan: 佛眼清遠 [Butsugen Seion]. 1067–1120, China. Dharma heir of Wuzu Fayan, Linji School. Taught at Longmen Monastery, near Luoyang (Henan). Given the title of Zen Master Fuyan, 佛眼禪 師 [Butsugen Zenji], by the Emperor.
Fuyin Liaoyuan: 佛印了元 [Butchin Ryōgen]. 1032–1098, China. Dharma heir of Kaixian Shanxian, Yunmen School. Taught at many monasteries, including Mount Yunju, Hong Region (Jiangxi). His posthumous name is Zen Master Fuyin, 佛印禪師 [Butchin Zenji]. Known for his association with Su Dongpo.
Fuzhao: See Zhuoan Deguang.
Gandhara: 健馱羅國 [Kendara Koku]. An ancient kingdom northwest of India, in present-day Pakistan and Afghanistan.
gandharva. See also guardians, eight types of.
Ganges: Skt., Gangā. 恒河 [gōga]. A river in northern India, flowing from the Himālaya Mountains generally eastward through a vast plain. Buddhism rose and developed along this river. Sacred to Brāhmanism in ancient times and Hinduism in later times up to the present day.
Ganges, sands of the: 恒河沙 [gōga sha], 恒沙 [gōsha]. 恒河沙數 [gōga shasū], literally the number of the sands of the Ganges. An innumerable amount.
Gao, novice: 高沙彌 [Kō Shami]. Ca. eighth–ninth century. A student of Yaoshan Weiyan, Qingyuan Line. After leaving Mount Yaoshan, he lived in a hut and taught passersby.
Gaoan Dayu: 高安大愚 [Kōan Daigu]. Ca. ninth century, China. Dharma heir of Guizong Zhichang, Nanyue Line. He taught in Gaoan, Rui Region (Jiangxi), where his teaching was instrumental in the enlightenment of Linji Yixuan, founder of the Linji School. He was also the teacher of Moshan Liaoran, the most prominent female teacher in the early Zen School.
gardenia bush: 薝蔔の林 [sempuku no rin].
garuda. See also guardians, eight types of.
gasshō: J., 合掌. Gesture of placing palms together in front of the chest, expressing respect. Often accompanied with bowing, it is used for greeting, chanting, and offering or receiving something.
gate, ancestral: 祖門 [somon].
gate, front: 正門 [shōmon]. Front entrance, 前門 [zemmon].
gate, hammer open the: 撃關 [kyakukan]. Pound open a barrier.
gate, universal: 普門 [fumon].
Gates, Five: See also Schools, Five.
gāthā: Skt. 伽陀 [kada]. Verse for chanting. One of the Twelve Divisions of the teaching. See also Divisions, Twelve.
Gautama: See Shākyamuni Buddha.
Gayā, Mount: 伽耶山 [Gaya San]. Located near Vulture Peak in the country of Magadha, ancient India. This is where Devadatta tried to cause a split in the Buddha’s practicing community.
Gayashata: 伽耶舍多 [Kayashata]. Monk from Madhya, northern India. Family name, Uddaka-Rāmaputta. Dharma heir of Sanghānandi. Eighteenth Ancestor of the Zen tradition in India.
generosity: 布施 [fuse]. See also giving.
genius: 軼才 [issai].
gentle curving: 圓陀陀地 [en dadachi]. 地[chi] is a suffix.
genuineness: 眞僞 [shingi], literally, true or false.
get all the way through: 打得徹 [datoku tetsu]. 打 [da] is a prefix for emphasis.
get into: 撞入 [tōnyū], literally, push in.
geya: Skt. 祇夜 [giya]. Teaching reiterated in verse. One of the Twelve Divisions of the teaching.
giant radish: 大蘿蔔頭 [dairafu tō]. 頭 [tō] is a suffix with no special meaning.
gift, great: 大恩 [dai’on].
gimlet, old: 老古錐 [rō kosui]. Sharp, penetrating Zen master. 骨律錐 [kotsu rissui], literally, bone discipline awl. Strong, determined practitioner.
give and take: 與奪 [yodatsu]. Also, give or take.
giving: 布施 [fuse]. One of the six pāramitās. Also, one of the bodhisattva’s four methods of guidance.
giving, act of: 布施の檀度 [fuse no dando], literally, pāramitā (度 [do]) of giving (布施 [fuse], 檀 [dan]). 布施の功業 [fuse no kugō], literally, meritorious action of giving.
giving, pāramitā of: 檀波羅蜜 [dan haramitsu].
go and study all over. See also all-inclusive study.
go back and forth: 進歩退歩 [shimpo taiho].
go beyond: 出身 [shusshin], literally, bringing out one’s body. Emerge, leap beyond, leave bondage behind. 超越(す) [chō’otsusu(-su)], transcend.
go beyond ancestor: 越祖 [osso], literally, surpass ancestor.
go beyond buddha: 佛向上 [bukkōjō], literally, buddha going up. Also translated as buddha going beyond; ongoing buddhahood. Acting freely and concretely within practice-and-enlightenment without attachment to it. Cf. “Going beyond buddha means that you reach buddha, and going further, you continue to see buddha” (“Going Beyond Buddha”). 超佛 [chōbutsu], literally, transcending buddha.
go beyond enlightenment: 悟出 [goshutsu], literally, exit enlightenment.
go beyond the dharma body: See dharma body, go beyond the.
go downward: 向下 [kōge].
go game: 著碁 [chaku ki]. The second ideograph is often pronounced go in Japanese.
go through: 徹 [tetsu].
go toward: 趣向(す) [shukō(-su)]. Intention, trying to.
goal, true: 本期 [hongo], literally, original expectation.
goat, mountain: 羚羊 [reiyō].
god of autumn: 白帝 [Hakutei], literally, White Emperor. Deity of the western direction. See also Emperors, Five.
god of spring: 東君 [Tōkun]. Deity of the eastern direction, in charge of spring. See also Emperors, Five.
god of summer: 炎帝 [Entei], literally, flame emperor. One of the five heavenly rulers. Resides in the southern heaven. See also Emperors, Five.
god’s head and a demon face: 神頭鬼面 [jinzu kimen].
Going Beyond Buddha: 佛向上事 [Bukkōjō Ji], literally, matter of buddha going up. Twenty-ninth fascicle of this book.
golden body, sixteen-foot: 丈六(の)金身 [jōroku (no) konjin].
gong, shang, jue, zhi, yu: C. 宮商角徴羽 [kyū shō kaku chi u]. Notes of a musical scale.
goo goo wa wa: 哆哆和和 [tatawawa]. Baby talk.
good: See wholesome.
good, not thinking of: 善也不思量 [zen ya fu shiryō].
gourd: 葫蘆 [koro]. Twining vine; succession of the dharma lineage.
gourd, bitter: See bitter gourd has a bitter root.
grasp: 取 [shu], literally, take. 搆 [kō], literally, trap. 把定 [hajō], 把定了 [jōha ryō], literally, grab solidly. 策把す[sakuha-su], 把捉 [hasoku], literally, catch.
grasp, easy to: 肯易參 [kōisan].
grasp, reach over to: 體取 [taishu], literally, take with the body.
grasp, vitally: 得活 [tokukatsu].
grasp cases through words: 向言中取則 [kō gonchū shusoku].
grasp clearly: 明得 [myōtoku].
grass, drop: 落草 [rakusō]. Become free of delusions; to be emancipated.
grass, hold up: 拈草 [nensō].
grass, one blade of: 一莖草 [ikkyōsō]. 一草 [issō].
grasses, one hundred: 百草 [hyakusō]. Infinite phenomena, all things.
grass, trees, and forests: 草木�
�林 [sōmoku sōrin].
grass, trees, land, and earth: 草木國土 [sōmoku kokudo].
grass for ten thousand miles, not an inch of: 萬里無寸草 [banri mu sunsō].
grasses are bright and clear, one hundred: 明明百草 [meimei hyakusō].
Great Collection of Sūtras:大集経 [Daishū Kyō]. Korean collection of Mahāyāna sūtras, rendered in Chinese by different translators.
great death:大死 [daishi]. A death met with complete readiness for death, thereby being free from death. Termination of ignorance or delusion, leading to liberation.
great elements, five: 五大 [godai]. Four great elements (earth, water, fire, and air), plus space.
great enlightenment: Enlightenment without leaving a trace of it.
Great Enlightenment: 大悟 [Daigo]. Twenty-seventh fascicle of this book.
great enlightenment is black: 大悟頭黒 [daigo tō koku]. 頭 [tō] is a suffix with no special meaning.
great enlightenment is white: 大悟頭白 [daigo tō haku]. 頭 [tō] is a suffix with no special meaning.
great house: 大家 [taike/taika], literally, big house. Assembly, audience of the master’s lecture.
great matter. See also matter, single essential.
great matter, break open the: 大事打開 [daiji dakai].
great matter of the way, settle the: See settle the great matter of the way.
Great Practice: 大修行 [Dai Shugyō]. Seventy-sixth fascicle of this book.
Great Sangha Precepts [Scripture]: 摩訶僧祇律 [Maka Sōgi Ritsu]. Collection of precepts from the Mahāsamghika School, one of the eighteen early Buddhist schools of India. This school became an early source of Mahāyāna Buddhism.
Great Vehicle: See Vehicles, Three.
great way of all buddhas: See also buddha way.
Great Wisdom, Treatise on Realization of: See Treatise on Realization of Great Wisdom.
greed: 貪 [ton].
green mountains are always walking: 青山常運歩 [seizan jō umpo].
greeting circuit: 巡堂 [jundō]. The abbot or practice leader goes around inside the monks’ hall to greet all practitioners. Circumambulation.
greeting, formal: 人事 [ninji], literally, human matter. 1. Greetings in monastery. 2. Gift. 3. Ninji also means worldly affairs.
grip: 把定 [hajō]. Hold, take hold.
grope for: 摸索 [mosaku]. Look for.
grotto hut: 窟宅 [kuttaku]. Cave, abode.
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