sounding the bell that marks the beginning and end of Zazen Japanese: 堂行 dōan dokusan A private meeting between a Zen student and the master. It is an important...

presented to the teacher in a private interview (referred to in Japanese as dokusan, daisan, or sanzen). The process includes standardized answers, "checking...

bhante vandāmi" ("I pay homage to you venerable sir"). An American in Dokusan Zen master Phillip Kapleau recounts his first stay in "a real Zen monastery":...

understanding of a kōan is presented to the teacher in a private interview (dokusan, daisan, or sanzen) and the teacher's job is to guide the student to kensho...

(teisho) and individual direction in private meetings (which may be called dokusan, daisan, or sanzen) with a Zen Master. In modern Buddhist practice in Japan...

master for instruction. In the Rinzai school, it has the same meaning as dokusan, which is specifically a private interview between student and master,...

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presented to the teacher in a private interview (referred to in Japanese as dokusan (独参), daisan (代参), or sanzen (参禅)). While there is no unique answer to...

like the Buddha sitting on a golden lotus–and they immediately run off to dokusan (独参) to get it confirmed. The teacher will usually listen and then say...

stay. Talking is only permitted when absolute necessity arises and during dokusan (Chinese: 獨參), a private meeting with a teacher. The school also offers...

Yasutani outlining his approach to practice, along with transcripts of dokusan interviews and some additional texts. In 1965 Kapleau returned to America...

interviews and question and answer sessions between student and teacher (dokusan). According to Dahui, Hua Tou is also a form of meditation that "can be...

zen master"), and shōshike ("authentic zen master"). Junshikes can give dokusan, authorize kensho, and supervise part of the koan-study. Shoshikes can...

experience. In October 1999 Anderson suffered a heart attack while conducting dokusan. He later underwent a successful emergency angioplasty. Anderson is married...

Yasutani's Commentary on the Koan Mu and somewhat unorthodox reports of his dokusan interviews with Western students. In 1970 upon his retirement Yasutani...

chanting services; monthly all-day sits and weekend sesshin providing teisho, dokusan, Dharma talks and practice interviews; and other related events. Timeline...

zen master"), and shōshike ("authentic zen master"). Junshikes can give dokusan, authorize kensho, and supervise part of the koan-study. Shoshikes can...

or, otherwise, sleep in public places. Zazen takes place in parks and dokusan in alleys." As a leader of Socially Engaged Buddhism, the Zen Peacemakers...

was a managing director of a large Tokyo firm, he went twice a day to dokusan with Asahina Sōgen Roshi. After his first kensho was approved, he engaged...

remark struck a deep and spontaneous chord within Soen, and so he requested dokusan with Gempo following the talk where he expressed the desire to train under...

Yasutani outlining his approach to practice, along with transcripts of dokusan interviews and some additional texts. The book and Sanbo Kyodan's approach...