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Q: Context: In Zen Buddhism, zazen (literally "seated meditation"; ) is a meditative discipline that is typically the primary practice. The precise meaning and method of zazen varies from school to school, but in general it can be regarded as a means of insight into the nature of existence. In the Japanese Rinzai school, zazen is usually associated with the study of koans. The St School of Japan, on the other hand, only rarely incorporates koans into zazen, preferring an approach where the mind has no object at all, known as shikantaza., Its founder was Eihei Dgen who brought St Zen from China to Japan during the 13th century. The ashes of Dgen and a memorial to him are in the "Jyden" (the Founder's Hall) at Eihei-ji. William Bodiford of UCLA writes that, "The rural monastery Eiheiji in particular aggrandized Dgen to bolster its own authority "vis-à-vis" its institutional rivals within the St denomination.", Theravda (Pali, literally "school of the elder monks") is a branch of Buddhism that uses the Buddha's teaching preserved in the Pli Canon as its doctrinal core. The Pali canon is the only complete Buddhist canon which survives in a classical Indic Language, Pali, which serves as the sacred language and lingua franca of Theravada Buddhism. Another feature of Theravada is that it tends to be very conservative about matters of doctrine and monastic discipline. As a distinct sect, Theravada Buddhism developed in Sri Lanka and spread to the rest of Southeast Asia., India, officially the Republic of India ("Bhrat Gaarjya"), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country (with over 1.2 billion people), and the most populous democracy in the world. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast. It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the northeast; and Myanmar (Burma) and Bangladesh to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives. India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia. Its capital is New Delhi; other metropolises include Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad., Kangan Giin (  , 1217 -- 1300 ) was a disciple of Dgen and the founder of the Higo school of St Zen Buddhism . It has been claimed that his father was Emperor Go - Toba or Emperor Juntoku . He did much evangelization work in Kysh , where he founded Daiji - ji (  ) in Kumamoto . This temple has since been destroyed by fire twice , and nothing of Giin 's remains there . He probably studied in China , but all extant biographies of him are hagiography so it is impossible to be certain ., Asia is Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres and sharing the continental landmass of Eurasia with the continent of Europe. Asia covers an area of , about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area. The continent, which has long been home to the majority of the human population, was the site of many of the first civilizations. Asia is notable for not only its overall large size and population, but also dense and large settlements as well as vast barely populated regions within the continent of 4.4 billion people., , meaning "Discourse on the Practice of the Way" or "Dialogue on the Way of Commitment", sometimes also translated as "Negotiating the Way", "On the Endeavor of the Way", or "A Talk about Pursuing the Truth", is an influential essay written by Dgen, the founder of Zen Buddhism's St school in Japan., Sanskrit (English pronunciation:; written in Devanagari script ; : or ', originally ', "refined speech") is the primary sacred language of Hinduism and "Mahyna" Buddhism, a philosophical language in Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism. It was also a literary language that was in use as a "lingua franca" in ancient and medieval South Asia. It is a standardised dialect of Old Indo-Aryan, originating as Vedic Sanskrit and tracing its linguistic ancestry back to Proto-Indo-Iranian and Proto-Indo-European. Today it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand. As one of the oldest Indo-European languages for which substantial written documentation exists, Sanskrit holds a prominent position in Indo-European studies., Dgen Zenji (; 19 January 1200  22 September 1253), also known as Dgen Kigen (), Eihei Dgen (), Koso Joyo Daishi (), or Bussho Dento Kokushi (), was a Japanese Buddhist priest, writer, poet, philosopher, and founder of the St school of Zen in Japan. Originally ordained as a monk in the Tendai School in Kyoto, he was ultimately dissatisfied with its teaching and traveled to China to seek out what he believed to be a more authentic Buddhism. He remained there for five years, finally training under Tiantong Rujing, an eminent teacher of the Chinese Caodong lineage. Upon his return to Japan, he began promoting the meditation practice of zazen through literary works such as "Fukan zazengi" and "Bendwa". He eventually broke relations completely with the powerful Tendai School, and, after several years of likely friction between himself and the establishment, left Kyoto for the mountainous countryside where he founded the monastery Eihei-ji, which remains the head temple of the St school today., St Zen or is the largest of the three traditional sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism (the others being Rinzai and baku). It is the Japanese line of the Chinese Cáodòng school, which was founded during the Tang Dynasty by Dòngshn Liánjiè. It emphasizes Shikantaza, meditation with no objects, anchors, or content. The meditator strives to be aware of the stream of thoughts, allowing them to arise and pass away without interference., Buddhism (or ) is a religion and dharma that encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and spiritual practices largely based on teachings attributed to the Buddha. Buddhism originated in India sometime between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE, from where it spread through much of Asia, whereafter it declined in India during the middle ages. Two major extant branches of Buddhism are generally recognized by scholars: Theravada (Pali: "The School of the Elders") and Mahayana (Sanskrit: "The Great Vehicle"). Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion, with over 500 million followers or 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists., Genealogy.
Before his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name (his "imina") was ., A tradition is a belief or behavior passed down within a group or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past. Common examples include holidays or impractical but socially meaningful clothes (like lawyers' wigs or military officers' spurs), but the idea has also been applied to social norms such as greetings. Traditions can persist and evolve for thousands of yearsthe word "tradition" itself derives from the Latin "tradere" or "traderer" literally meaning to transmit, to hand over, to give for safekeeping. While it is commonly assumed that traditions have ancient history, many traditions have been invented on purpose, whether that be political or cultural, over short periods of time. Various academic disciplines also use the word in a variety of ways. , Etymology.
The term "shikantaza" is attributed to Dgen's teacher Tiantong Rujing (1162-1228), and it literally means, "nothing but ("shikan") precisely ("da") sitting ("za")." In other words, Dgen means, "doing only zazen whole-heartedly" or "single-minded sitting.", The is the term used to identify the throne of the Emperor of Japan. The term also can refer to very specific seating, such as the "takamikura" () throne in the Shishin-den at Kyoto Imperial Palace., Subject: kangan giin, Relation: country_of_citizenship, Options: (A) academic (B) bengal (C) bhutan (D) china (E) earth (F) india (G) japan (H) sri lanka (I) tang dynasty (J) teacher (K) thailand (L) writer
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japan