Gojushichi Butsu (Names of the Buddhas)

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1 Gojushichi Butsu (Names of the Buddhas) ed: 13/12/2010 Last three from the Glorious Aeon (Alamkarakakalpa): Bibashibutsu Daiosho, Vipaśyin Buddha (998 th ) Learned-Wisdom Awakened-one Shikibutsu Daiosho, Śikhin Buddha (999 th ) Disciple-of-vigour Awakened-one Bishafubutsu Daiosho, Viśvabhu Buddha (1000 th ) Completely Awakened-one The four Buddhas from the Virtuous Aeon (Bhadrakalpa): Kurasonbutsu Daiosho, Krakucchanda Buddha (1 st ) [1 st ] Priest of the Kalpa Awakened-one Kunagonmunibutsu Daiosho, Kanakamuni Buddha (2 nd ) Golden-sage Awakened-one Kashobutsu Daiosho, Kaśyapa Buddha (3 rd ) Shining-causing Awakened-one Shakamunibutsu Daiosho, Śakyamuni Buddha (4 th ) Shakya-sage Awakened-one The Twenty-seven Indian Patriarchs: Makakasho Daiosho, Mahakaśyapa (1 st ) Great-shining-causing Ananda Daiosho, Ananda (2 nd ) Joy (pure-happiness). Shonawashu Daiosho, Śanakavasa (3 rd ) Ancient-clothed Ubakikuta Daiosho, Upagupta (4 th ) With-the-Hidden Daitaka Daiosho, Dhrtaka (5 th ) [One]-Who-Bears/Possesses Mishaka Daiosho, Micchaka (6 th ) [Spell]-caster-coming-from Bashumitsu Daiosho, Vasumitra (7 th ) Excellent-good friend Butsudanandai Daiosho, Buddhanandi (8 th ) Awakened-joyous-one Fudamitta Daiosho, Buddhamitra (9 th ) Awakened-friend Barishiba Daiosho, Parśva (10 th ) To-the-side Funayasha Daiosho, Punyayaśas (11 th ) Virtuous-wise-one Anabotei Daiosho, Aśvaghosa (12 th ) Homeless-victory-crier Kabimora Daiosho, Kapimala (13 th ) Ape-[skull]-garland Nagyaharajuna Daiosho, Nagarjuna (14 th ) Serpent-[dragon] silver-[protector] Kanadaiba Daiosho, Kanadeva (15 th ) Seed-spirit Ragorata Daiosho, Rahulata (16 th ) Sun-seizer [Buddha-son] 1

2 Sogyanandai Daiosho, Sanghanandi (17 th ) Sangha-joyous-one Kayashata Daiosho, Gayaśata (18 th ) [of]-gaya-excellent/wise-one Kumorata Daiosho, Kumarata (19 th ) Heir-of-the-master Shayata Daiosho, Jayata (20 th ) Victorious-one Bashubanzu Daiosho, Vasubandhu (21 st ) Excellent-kinsman Manura Daiosho, Manorhita (22 nd ) Mind-established Kakurokuna Daiosho, Haklena (23 rd ) Cranes-sticking-to Shishibodai daiosho, Aryasimha (24 th ) Noble-lion Bashashita Daiosho, Basiasita (25 th ) Brightness-bound Funyomitta Daiosho, Punyamitra (26 th ) Virtuous-friend Hannyatara Daiosho, Prajnatara (27 th ) Wisdom-surpassing The inese Patriarchs: Bodaidaruma Daiosho, Bodhidharma ( ) (28 th, 1 st ) Awakening-Law (D.532/5) Taiso (Shinko) Eka Daiosho, Dazu (Shenguang) Huike (29 th, 2 nd ) ( ) ( ) Great-ancestor (God-light) Wisepossibilities Kanchi Sōsan Daiosho, Jianzhi Sengcan (30 th, 3 rd ) 璨 (???-606) Mirror-wisdom Monk-brilliant-jewel Daii Dōshin Daiosho, Dayi Daoxin (31 st, 4 th ) 毉 ( ) Great-medicine Way-faith Daiman Kōnin Daiosho, Daman Hongren (32 nd, 5 th ) ( ) Great-fulfilment Wide-enduring Daikan Enō Daiosho, Dajian Huineng (33 rd, 6 th ) ( ) Great-mirror example Wise-ability Seigen Gyōshi Daiosho, Qingyuan ( ) Xingsi (34 th, 7 th ) ( ) Green-field Conduct-self by thought Sekito Kisen Daiosho, Shitou (Δ) Xiqian (Wuji Dashi)(35th,8th) ( ) ( ) Rock-head Pray-move Yakusen Igen Daiosho, Yaoshan ( ) Weiyan (36 th, 9 th ) ( ) Medicine-mountain Reflect-strictly Ungan Donjō Daiosho, Yunyan (Δ) Tansheng (37 th, 10 th ) ( ) Cloud-rock Cloud-bright, abundant The Soto (Ts ao Tung) Patriarchs Tōzan Ryōkai Daiosho, Dongshan ( ) Liangjie (38 th, 11 th, 1 st ) ( ) Cave-mountain Fine-good Ungo Dōyō Daiosho, Yunju Daoying (39 th, 12 th, 2 nd ) 2

3 ( ) Cloud-residence (Mt.) Way-strike[r] Dōan Dōhi Daiosho, Tongan Daopi (40 th, 13 th, 3 rd ) Common-hermitage Way-immense Dōan Kanshi Daiosho, Tongan Guanzhi (41 st, 14 th, 4 th ) Common-hermitage Observe-intention Ryōzan Enkan Daiosho, Liangshan( )Yuanguan (42 nd,15 th,5 th ) Beam-mountain Relation-observer Taiyō Kyogen Daiosho, Dayang ( ) Jingxuan (43 rd, 16 th, 6 th ) ( ) Great-yang (Mt.) Exhortation-Mysterious Tōshi Gisei Daiosho, Touzi ( ) Yiqing (44 th, 17 th, 7 th ) ( ) Touzi (Mt.) Righteous-youth Fuyō Dōkai Daiosho, Furong ( ) Daokai (45 th, 18 th, 8 th ) ( ) Lotus (Mt.) Way-pattern Tanka Shijun Daiosho, Danxia ( ) Zichun (46 th, 19 th, 9 th ) ( ) Red-cloud (Mt.) Youth-genuine orō Seiryō Daiosho, anglu ( ) (Zhenxie) Qingliao ( ) (47,20,10)( ) Long-reed (Mt) (Truth-lodge) Pure-youth Tendō Sōkaku Daiosho, Tiantong ( ) Zhongjue (48 th,21 st,11 th ) ( ) Heaven-ild s (Mt.) Sect-mounted gems Setchō ikan Daiosho, Xuedou ( ) Zhijian (49 th, 22 nd, 12 th ) ( ) Snow-hollow (Mt.) Wise-reflection Tendō Nyojō Daiosho, Tiantong ( ) Rujing (50 th, 23 rd, 13 th ) ( ) Heaven-ild s (Mt.) As-pure The Japanese Patriarchs: Eihei ( ) (Kigen) Dōgen Daiosho, ( ) (51,1,14)( ) Eternal-peaceful (Rare-mysterious) Way-origin (Eihei) ( ) Koun Ejō Daiosho, ( ) (52,2,15)( ) (Eternal-peaceful) Lone-cloud Breaststrong Tettsū Gikai Daiosho, (53 rd, 3 rd, 16 th ) ( ) Penetrate-transmit Morality-concerned Keizan Jōkin Daiosho, (54 th,4 th,17 th ) ( ) Firefly-mountain Continue-brilliance Meihōso Tetsu Daiosho, (55 th, 5 th, 18 th ) (???-???) Clear-summit-plain Clear Shugan Dōchin Daiosho, (56 th, 6 th, 19 th ) (???-???) Unique-rock Way-precious-thing Teisan Shikaku Daiosho, (57 th, 7 th, 20 th ) (???-???) Piercing-mountain Purpose-expansive Keigan Eishō Daiosho, Katsura-tree-rock Gifted-flourishing (58 th, 8 th, 21 st ) (??????) ūsan Ryōun Daiosho, (59 th, 9 th, 22 th ) (???-???) Resource-mountain Achieve-fortune Gisan Tōnin Daiosho, (60 th, 10 th, 23 rd ) (???-???) 3

4 Righteousness-mountain Levelkindness Shōgaku Kenryū Daiosho, (61 st, 11 th, 24 th ) (???-???) Assist-peak Wise-prosperous Kinen Hōryū Daiosho, (62 nd, 12 th, 25 th ) (???-???) Numerous-years Abundantprosperous Daishitsu isen Daiosho, (63 rd, 13 th, 26 th ) (???-???) Carry-apartment Awareness-clarifying Gukei Shōjin Daiosho, (64 th, 14 th, 27 th ) (???-???) Tiger-valley Righteous-pure Sessō Yūho Daiosho, (65 th, 15 th, 28 th ) (???-???) Snow-window Divine-help-assistant Kaiten Genjū Daiosho, (66 th, 16 th, 29 th ) (???-???) Ocean-heavens Mysteriousassembling Shūsan Shunshō Daiosho, (67 th, 17 th, 30 th ) (???-???) Island-mountain Spring-flourishing ōsan Genetsu Daiosho, (68 th, 18 th, 31 st ) (???-???) Beyond-mountain Ignorancesurpassing Fukushū Kōchi Daiosho, (69 th, 19 th, 32 nd ) (???-???) Blessing-island Light-of-wisdom Geshū Sōko Daiosho, (72 nd, 22 nd, 35 th ) (???-???) Moon-boat Sect-barbarian Toku Ryōkō Daiosho, (73 rd, 23 rd, 36 th ) (???-???) Virtuous-elderly-man Fine-lofty Hōgan Soren Daiosho, (74 th, 24 th, 37 th ) (???-???) Fragrant-rock Pioneer-unite[r] Sekisō Tesshū Daiosho, (75 th, 25 th, 38 th ) (???-???) Stone-aspect Wise-doctrine Ryūkō Ryōshū Daiosho, (76 th, 26 th, 39 th ) (???-???) Grand-obedience Corner-island Renzan Sohō Daiosho, (77 th, 27 th, 40 th )(???-???) Edge-mountain Pioneer-reed Motsugai Shidō Daiosho, (78 th, 28 th, 41 st ) (???-???) Matter-beyond Aspiring-[to the]-way Gūkei Yōun Daiosho, (79 th, 29 th, 42 nd ) (???-???) Receive-valley Contain[s]-cloud Kakushō Sodō Daiosho, (80 th, 30 th,43 rd ) ( ) Bright-luminary Pioneer-Way Daiun Sogaku Daiosho, (81,31,44)(13/10/ /12/1961) Great-cloud Pioneer-high-mountain Myōdō Yūton Daiosho, (70 th, 20 th, 33 rd ) (???-???) Clear-bright-temple Powerful-sunrise Hukuhō Genteki Daiosho, (71 st, 21 st, 34 th ) (???-???) White-peak Mysterious-drop 4

5 Symbols mountain Δ rock monastery B/D birth/death year Pin Yin inese Wade Giles Z Ts Zh C Ts X Hs J Q 11. The MDBG free online inese- English dictionary (???-???) Signifies that the birth/death dates are unknown to the author and are being researched. Notes and References 1. The names of the Patriarchs were translated into English by Shindo Gensho, information gleaned from the following sources: 2. Soto Shu Sutras (Japanese/English, second edition), Soto Shu Shumucho/Kinko,Tokyo, Japan (1986): for Japanese names as far as Keizan Jokin Daiosho (54 th ). 3. Bukkoku-Ji Sutras, Bukkoku-Ji, Fushiwara, Obama-shi, Fukui-ken, Japan, : for Japanese names after Keizan Jokin Daiosho (54 th ) to Daiun Sogaku Daiosho (81 st ). 4. an and Zen Teaching Vol.2, Lu K uan Yu (arles Luk), Weiser, Maine, 1993: for for Sanskrit names from Vipaśyin Buddha (998 th GA) to Bodidharma (28 th, 1 st ). 5. Moon in a Dewdrop Writings of Zen Master Dogen, Ed. K Tanahashi, North Point Press, San Francisco, (1985): for inese names from Dazu Huike (29 th, 2 nd ) to Tiantong Rujing (50 th, 23 rd, 13 th ). 6. The Recorded Transmitting of the Light - Zen Master Keizan s Denkoroku, Trans. Francis Dojun Cook,Wisdom, Boston, (2003). 7. Zen Master Dogen An Introduction with Selected Writings, Yuho Yokoi, Daizen Victoria, Weatherhill, New York, How Zen Became Zen, Morten Schlütter, Kuroda Inst., Univ. Hawai i Press, (2008). 9. The free online Sanscrit Dictionary: The New Nelson Japanese English aracter Dictionary, A N Nelson, rev. J H Haig, arles E Tuttle Co., Tokyo, Japan, (1997). 5