Key Names Key Terms Shakyamuni Soto                 Rinzai Kashyapa shikan taza        koan Bodhidharma roshi Hui-neng satori/kensho       Dogen dokusan           sesshin Hakuin zazen Key Concepts 1. meditation (dhyana=Ch'an=Zen) 2. mind-to-mind transmission 3. Buddha nature--the story of the woman who lost her head 4.  sudden enlightenment (immediacy of enlightenment; story of Hui-neng) 5. iconoclasm (meet the Buddha, kill him; "polishing a tile" story; "still carrying that woman" story) 6. naturalness, spontaneity, appreciation of nature (Taoist influence) 7. simplicity and work (story of master who refused to eat until allowed to work) Definition of Zen attributed to Bodhidharma (6th cent C.E) A special tradition outside the scriptures; No dependence upon words or letters; Direct pointing at the nature of humans; Seeing into that nature and becoming a Buddha. poem attributed to Shen hsiu The body is the tree of enlightenment. The mind is like a clear mirror standing. Take care to wipe it constantly And let no dust cling. poem attributed to Hui-neng Enlightenment is not like a tree The clear mirror is nowhere standing. Fundamentally, not one thing exists. Where, then, is a grain of dust to cling? Two Koans Hui-neng said:  Think neither of good nor evil.  At such a moment, what is the True Self of monk Myo?"  Myo was at once enlightened.  His whole body was dripping with sweat. Once the monks of the Eastern Hall and the Western Hall were arguing over a cat.  Nansen, holding up the cat, said, "Monks, if you can say a word of Zen, I will spare the cat.  If you cannot, I will kill it!"  No monk could answer.  Nansen finally killed the cat.  In the evening, when Joshu came back, Nansen told him of the incident.  Joshu took off his sandal, put it on his head, and walked off.  Nansen said, "If you had been there, I could have saved the cat!"