[Buddha-l] japanese zen terms: honbun and shusho

[curt]

I thought the same thing. So I looked through my copy of the Awakening 
of Faith (Hakeda's) and could find no reference to either "honbun" or 
"shusho". Hakeda simply uses the terms "suchness" "absolute" and 
"tathtata" - in fact I couldn't find any Japanese (or Sino-Japanese, 
which is what I assume both of these words are) terms that seemed 
relevant. Neither term appears in the glossary or the index. Damian 
Keown's "Dictionary of Buddhism" also doesn't list either term.
- Curt

Vicente Gonzalez wrote:
> Curt wrote:
>
> c> In a dharma talk contained in the book "Golden Wind", Eido Shimano Roshi uses the terms
> c> "honbun" and "shusho". I am wondering if anyone on this list
> c> has any insight into these terms - or knows of other references for
> c> these terms - or knows of any kind of "literal" or "metaphorical"
> c> definitions to add to what Eido Roshi has to say. 
>
> it is a talk about essence/function, which is a main topic in Chan/Zen
> Buddhism. The Awakening of Faith of Asvagosha it's the central work
> around that.
>
> An scholar paper:
> http://www.hm.tyg.jp/~acmuller/articles/indigenoushermeneutics.htm
>
>
>
> best regards,
>
>
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