Tokusan – A Zen Masters Life, Maturity,Development

by on February 26, 2009 in Zen

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dOC5JHvEE8

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3 Responses to “Tokusan – A Zen Masters Life, Maturity,Development”

  1. Hyozan December 20, 2010 at 11:02 am #

    Not meant as criticism, just want to point out that Ch’an does not mean “to sit” as mentioned in the video.

    It is the “za” in za-zen or tso-ch’an(坐禅) that means “to sit”.

    Ch’an or Zen comes from the Sanskrit Dhyana (झान) which is usually translated as “meditation”, though in older texts it refers to the meditative state and not the “action” itself.

    As to where the “Shu” in Tokusan’s nickname “Diamond Shu” comes from, as far as we know it was his Chinese family name.

    May your life go well.

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  2. Daniel Doen Silberberg December 20, 2010 at 12:30 pm #

    @ Hyozan

    Thank you for these clarifications. I appreciate it and
    hope I did not obscure the subject matter. I appreciate your comments and help.

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