BuddhaNet Zen Crossword #1

Across 
	3	(Japanese) True Sect of the Pure Land; one of the Pure Land Schools, traced from Shinran Shonin, 1174-1268. (4,7)
	7	(Japanese) Keisaku, cautionary device; the flat, narrow stick carried by the monitor during zazen. (7)
	11	(Japanese) Rice wine. (4)
	13	(Japanese) Empty hand; one of the Japanese martial arts. (6)
	16	(Japanese) Sutra walk; the formal group walk between periods of zazen. (6)
	17	(Japanese) The way of the swordsman; Japanese fencing. (5)
	18	(Japanese) No; does not have; Case One of the Wu Men Kuan,often the first koan of the Zen student. (2) 
	20	No; does not have; case one of the Wu-men kuan, often the first koan of the Zen student. (2) 
	22	(Japanese) Heavy 3 x 6 foot mats used as flooring in traditional Japanese homes and temples. (6)
	23	Zen (4)
	24	(Chinese) Bodhi or enlightenment; Way; the way of, or to enlightenment. (3)
	25	(Japanese) Order of the Three Treasures; the Zen sect traced from Yasutani Hakuun, 1885-1973 (5,6)
	30	(Japanese) First view; the first interview between roshi and student. (6)

Down 
	1	(Japanese) The  - - - -  Sect; traced from Tung-shan Liang-chieh (Dongshan Liangjie), 840-901. (4)
	2	(Japanese) Te; power or virtue; strength of character arising from virtue and service. (4)
	4	Last great compendium of Mahayana literature, completed in China in the eighth century, derived from the Sanskrit Avatamsaka Sutra. (3-3,5) 
	5	(Japanese) Sky, sunyata, emptiness, the void. (2)
	6	(Japanese) Head of training and timer of zazen periods in the Rinzai zendo. (9) 
	7	(Japanese) Relative/absolute; an expression of harmony of empty oneness with the world of particulars; a theme of zazen to be made clear. (4)
	8	(Japanese) The Obaku Sect, a reintroduction of Rinzai Zen into Japan after it had mixed with Amitabha pietism. (5)
	9	(Japanese) To show the bowl, the walk taken by monks or nuns through towns near the temple to accept gifts of money or rice. (9)
	10	(Japanese) Teacher. (6)
	12	(Japanese) Breath; spirit; spiritual strength. (2)
	13	(Japanese) Saranam gacchami. (3)
	14	(Chinese) Toku. (2)
	15	(Japanese) Board game played with black and white stones. (2)
	19	(Japanese) Mysterious vision; a deep dream occurring in, or associated with zazen. (5)
	21	Shout given by the Zen masters that wipes away everything. (2)
	26	(Japanese) Thought; one thought frame. (3)
	27	(Japanese) Father, the priest's title. (4)
	28	(Japanese) Spot or place of enlightenment of the Buddha under the bodhi tree; one's own place of enlightenment; the training centre. (4)
	29	(Japanese) Dhyana; the Zen Sect; the harmony of empty oneness and the world of particulars. (3)

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