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kyōsaku

A Dictionary of Buddhism | 2004 | | Copyright

kyōsaku (Jap.). Literally meaning ‘warning stick’, this refers to a long, thin, flat stick used during sessions of formal seated meditation in zen monasteries. The godō, or head trainer, in a Zen monastery uses it to give a series of sharp blows on the shoulders of any practitioners whom he sees dozing or slackening in their efforts. At times, practitioners themselves signal the godō to administer blows in order to sharpen their concentration.

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Kyosaku

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | | Copyright

Kyosaku also Keisaku. Zen ‘wake-up stick’, used by teachers to stimulate pupils and perhaps shock them into enlightenment. It represents the sword of Mañjuśrī which cuts through all delusions.

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JOHN BOWKER. "Kyosaku." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

JOHN BOWKER. "Kyosaku." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Kyosaku.html

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