Part 28 (1/2)
Saiho-ji: temple in Kyoto and site of early Zen landscape garden.
Sakyamuni: the Buddha, ”sage of the Sakyas.”
_samurai_: j.a.panese warriors, who were the first converts to Zen.
Sanskrit: original language of much Buddhist literature.
_sarugaku_: theatrical form which was forerunner of the No. _sas.h.i.+mi_: raw fish.
_satori_: Zen term for enlightenment.
Sen no Rikyu (1521-1591): proponent of wabi aesthetics who
strongly influenced the evolution of the tea ceremony.
_seppuku_: ritual suicide.
Sesshu Toyo (1420-1506): greatest j.a.panese Zen painter.
Seto: site of j.a.panese pottery production.
Shao-lin: Chinese monastery where Bodhidharma reportedly first
went to meditate.
Shen-hsiu (606-706): traditionally said to have been rival of Hui- neng at monastery of Fifth Patriarch and later much favored by Chinese ruling circles.
_s.h.i.+bui_: important tenn for later Zen aesthetics which means understated, simple good taste. s.h.i.+n: type of ink-painting technique.
_s.h.i.+ncha_: type of tea.
_s.h.i.+nden_: Heian architectural stvle borrowed from China.
s.h.i.+ngon: esoteric sect of Buddhism introduced into j.a.pan by
Kukai in 808.
s.h.i.+no: style of j.a.panese Zen-inspired ceramics.
s.h.i.+nran (1173-1262): founder of the Jodo s.h.i.+n sect in j.a.pan (1224).
s.h.i.+nto: original j.a.panese belief svstem, which preceded Buddhism.
_s.h.i.+te_: leading character of a No drama.
_shoin_: name of the writing desk in Ch'an monasteries, which gave
its name to the cla.s.sic style of the Zen-inspired j.a.panese house.
_shoji_: Rice-paper-covered latticework used as windows in the traditional j.a.panese house.