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Dainichi Nōnin
Dainichi Nōnin (or Dainichibō Nōnin) (d. c.1194). The founder of the Daruma school, an early and short-lived school of Japanese zen. Nōnin studied Zen texts on his own early in his monastic career, and had a significant enlightenment experience. Realizing that Zen enlightenment requires authentication by a recognized master, he sent two disciples to China in 1189 to visit the master Te-kuang (1121–1203) with letters and gifts. The latter sanctioned Nōnin's experience and sent back a certificate and robe. Thereafter, Nōnin's fame spread and he gathered many disciples. An early account says that he was killed by a nephew in either 1194 or 1195, but scholars give little credence to this. After his death, his disciples joined Dōgen (1200–53).
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DAMIEN KEOWN. "Dainichi Nōnin." A Dictionary of Buddhism. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. DAMIEN KEOWN. "Dainichi Nōnin." A Dictionary of Buddhism. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O108-DainichiNnin.html DAMIEN KEOWN. "Dainichi Nōnin." A Dictionary of Buddhism. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O108-DainichiNnin.html |
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Dainichi Nōnin
Dainichi Nōnin or Jimbō Zenji (12th/13th cent.). Zen Buddhist Japanese master of the Rinzai school. Initially introduced to Tendai teaching, he reached enlightenment without formal instruction from a master, and founded the Sambō-ji (monastery). He is also credited (e.g. by Nichiren) with the founding of the Daruma-school. Daruma teaching pushed the doctrine of all appearance being empty of attributes, and all therefore equally bearing the buddha-nature, to a logical extreme. Although Daruma-shu was repudiated by Jap. Zen, Nōnin was himself acknowledged as a profound master.
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JOHN BOWKER. "Dainichi Nōnin." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN BOWKER. "Dainichi Nōnin." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-DainichiNnin.html JOHN BOWKER. "Dainichi Nōnin." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-DainichiNnin.html |
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