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dai-gidan
dai-gidan (Jap.). In Ch'an and zen practice, this represents a highly intense doubt about everything one thinks to be true, including the efficacy of Zen practice itself. It induces a kind of paralysis, described as feeling that one has ‘a hot iron ball in one's throat that one can neither swallow nor spit out’, and is seen as a necessary precursor to the experience of enlightenment (bodhi; satori).
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DAMIEN KEOWN. "dai-gidan." A Dictionary of Buddhism. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. DAMIEN KEOWN. "dai-gidan." A Dictionary of Buddhism. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O108-daigidan.html DAMIEN KEOWN. "dai-gidan." A Dictionary of Buddhism. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O108-daigidan.html |
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Dai-gidan
Dai-gidan: see DAI-FUNSHI.
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JOHN BOWKER. "Dai-gidan." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN BOWKER. "Dai-gidan." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Daigidan.html JOHN BOWKER. "Dai-gidan." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Daigidan.html |
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