The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2229 page)

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Shih-te
(lay Ch’an Buddhist and poet):
Shi‘ism
,
Shi‘ite
:
see
SH
‘A
.
Shikan
(T’ien-t’ai meditation methods):
Shikantaza
(Jap., ‘nothing but simply sitting’). A form of the practice of
zazen
in Zen Buddhism, in which none of the supports (e.g. attention to breathing) are used. It was advocated by
D
gen
as the purest form of zazen.
Shikatsu
(Zen shouting):
Shiko
(Jap., ‘four kalpas’). The four periods of change in Japanese Buddhism:
(i) 
j
k
, kalpa of creation;
(ii) 
j
k
, kalpa of continuing existence;
(iii) 
ek
, kalpa of destruction;
(iv) 
k
g
, kalpa of destruction.

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