The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (592 page)

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Daishi
(Jap., ‘great death’). In Zen Buddhism, the death of (or to) the differentiated self, which leads to profound enlightenment (
daigotettei
). This is called ‘the death on the mat’ (
zagu
), the consequence of undertaking the Zen way which the
zagu
epitomizes.
Dai-shinkon
(great faith)
:
Daitoku-ji
.
The Monastery of Great Virtue, one of the largest Zen Buddhist monasteries in Ky
to. It was built in 1319 and formed part of the Gosan (literally, ‘five mountains’), a confederation of five monasteries, based on the model established by the Sung emperor, Ningtsung.
Daityas
.
Sons of the
Vedic
Goddess,
Diti
, and demons, or giants, in post-Vedic Hinduism.
Daiun S
gaku Harada
(1870–1961).
Japanese Zen master. He entered a
S
t
monastery at the age of 7, but also trained in a
Rinzai
monastery, Sh
gen-ji. He became abbot of Hosshin-ji. His teaching was continued by his
dharma
successor, Hakuun Ry
ko Yasutani, whose ‘Introductory Lectures’ appear in P. Kapleau,
The Three Pillars of Zen
(1980).

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