The Yi Jing: A Daoist Glossary: F

Sanskrit is Brahmajala Sutra.
The tenth chapter of the Bodhi-sattva-sila-Sutra. Translated into Chinese by Kumarajiva circa 406. This is a basic text of the bodhisattva commandments.

Feng Fu

Wade-Giles transliteration.
CF: Storehouse of the Wind.

Field of Elixir ( tan t'ien )

The lower tan t'ien under the navel.

Fire, The

CF: Li
One of the basic trigrams of the Yi Jing.

Fire, Quick and Slow

Quick fire is produced by in and out breathing to put the vital force into orbit for purification; and slow fire is produced by a meditative method which consists of closing both eyes to develop a mind which, although void, does not cease to work, which, although radiant, does not continue to stay, and which is neither forgotten nor upheld. Quick fire shifts and slow fire calms, as the masters put it, and both transform impurities in the body into tears which are discharged through the eyes.

Fire, Spiritual

It produces the golden light which replaces white light which has appeared in front of the practitioner when his lower tan t'ien is full of alchemical agent which reveals to his eyes the beauty of positive vital breath

Fire used for purification has eighteen meanings

Four kinds of fire kindled by breathing to transform the generative fluid derived from the digestion of food into generative force:
1. Kindling the fire ( to return the generative force to the lower tan t'ien)
2. Leading the fire ( to turn the wheel of the law to gather the alchemical agent).
3. Forcing the fire with fire ( ie: breathing in and out to drive the generative and vital forces into the stove in the lower abdomen).
4. Stopping the fire ( ie: discontinuing all breathing after the golden light has manifested twice in order not to spoil the alchemical agent gathered).
Seven kinds of fire, derived from spirit, to transform the generative forces into vitality
1. Freezing the fire ( ie: freezing and driving spirit into the lower tan t'ien).
2. Driving the fire ( into ) is driving into the microcosmic orbit the inner fire which passes through the sublimating phases as D & J to gather the inner alchemical agent so that true vitality soars up to the brain which will then develop fully, causing a bright light, called the mysterious gate to manifest between the eyes.
3. Lowering the fire ( to cause the negative fire to retreat so that the positive yang develops fully and replaces the negative yin).
4. Shifting the fire ( is using quick fire to enlarge all obstructed channels to clear them of obstructions ) CF: Quick and Slow Fires.
5. Calming the fire ( is using slow fire to help the psychic channels that have dilated to shrink so that the breath that has spread in the body can return to its former position under the navel. CF: Quick and Slow Fire.
6. Fire in its own house is when the heart ( the house of fire ) is stirred and the penis stands erect in spite of the absence of thoughts; this is real fire in its house which arouses the genital organ one which vibrates at the hour of tsu ( 11.00 P.M. to 1.00 AM ) when the penis erects and when the alchemical agent should be gathered.
7. Heart's fire is the fire of passion excited by evil thoughts which arouse sexual desire; this is 'chief fire' ( Chun Huo ) or evil fire which should be avoided.
Seven kinds of fire derived from prenatal vitality, which purify the breathing and contribute to the manifestation of original spirit:
1. Circulating the fire ( up in the channel of control to the original cavity of spirit and down in the channel of function to the lower tan t'ien ).
2. Gathering the fire is collecting the generative and vital forces as well as the alchemical agent to lift up the vital breath below the twin cultivation of essential nature and eternal life.
3. Lifting the fire ( which has been gathered to the brain before lowering it to the lower tan t'ien to invigorate the body which has been weakened by the drain of generative force).
4. Fire in the house of water ( K'an ) stands for vitality in vibration which forms a bellows from below the heart to under the navel, which is linked with the genital gate through the mortal gate.
5. Negative fire in the stove or lower tan t'ien which drives vitality into the microcosmic orbit.
6. Fire immersed in water. When the generative and vital forces are in the lower tan t'ien they are fire in the house of water, but when they leave it to drain away they take a liquid form.
7. Fire in the stove. When spirit and vitality vibrate in the lower tan t'ien, this is fire in the stove.

The Five Classics

These are:

Yi Jing
Shih Jing
Shu Jing
Ch'un Ch'iu
Li Chi

Five Dragons Upholding The Holy One ( Wu Lunh Peng Sheng)

Five is the number of elements of earth which stands for the right thought; dragon stands for spirit, ie: the practicer who is ready to sacrifice his body in his quest of immortality ( by ) upholding the holy one which means looking up to suck up the ascending precious gem or the macrocosmic alchemical agent for the final breakthrough.

Five Element Theory of the Universe

One of the main streams of Daoism, this is the theory that everything in the multi-verse is composed of one of the following:

Wood,
Metal,
Fire,
Water,
Earth.

Each of these has its own relevant properties, and attributes.

Five Grains, The

Rice
Wheat
Millet
Barley
Beans

Some schools of Daoism consider that these are foods that one ought not to eat.

Five Vital Breaths

When the five vital breaths ( in the heart, spleen, lungs, liver and kidneys ) converge in the head, and the golden light appears and unites with the white light of vitality which has manifested after the intermingling of the generative force, vitality and spirit. This is the union of the true positive and negative principles from which the immortal foetus emerges to take shape.

Flute without Holes ( played in reverse):

The mechanism of breathing is closed ( ho ) so that outer air breathed in reaches the lower abdomen to push up the vital force in the channel of control to the brain, and is opened ( p'i ) to expel it from the lower abdomen while the vital force, now released from pressure, returns from the brain to the lower abdomen.
Foetus, Immortal ( Tao Foetus or True Seed )

The union of the white and golden lights produces the immortal foetus from which spirit will emerge to become immortal after the practicer, on seeing falling snow and dancing flowers, stirs the thought of leaping into the great emptiness. This thought will open the heavenly gate at the top of the head so that spirit can leave the physical body to appear in countless transformation bodies in space.

Foundation, Laying the ( chu chi)

When spirit wanders outside in quest of sense data, vitality dissipates and the generative force is corrupt. It is therefore necessary to sublimate the three precious elements, namely the generative force, vital breath and spirit to restore their original strength, and the formation of the immortal seed.

This foundation will lift the practitioner from the mortal to the immortal plane, still his spirit within ten months, and enable him to give up sleep within nine or ten months, dispense with food and drink within ten months, feel neither cold in winter nor hot in summer, and achieve unperturbed spirit which leads to stable serenity.

This laying of the foundation will cause life to last as long as heaven and earth, and lead to the acquisition of the supernatural powers possessed by all immortals.

Four Necessities for the Practice of Alchemy ( on the Mountain )

Utensils:

round wooden object like a bun, covered with cotton to sit on to block the anus.

clothes-peg to close the nostrils.

Money:

To buy food for the practioner and companions

Companions:

Friends who practice alchemy and provide help by pinching the backbone when required

A Suitable Place To Practice:

A quiet hut or temple not too far from towns and cities.

Fourteen ounces of unsmelted silver

Jade cavern, unused.

Freezing Spirit

An alchemical process which ensures the condition of serenity in which the practicer becomes unconscious, his breathing almost ceases and his pulses seem to stop beating for the purpose of gathering prenatal true vitality in the original cavity of spirit in the centre of the brain and then driving it into the lower tan t'ien under the navel to hold it there to achieve immortal breathing.
CF: Self-winding wheel of the law.

Fu Hsi

CF: Fu Xi.

Fu Hsu

CF Fu Xi

Fu-Hsu

CF: Fu Xi.

Fu Xi

Also known as Pao-hsi.
Mythical First Emperor of the Middle Land. Reputed to be the inventor of Writing, fishing and trapping. Lived circa 2852 BCE. » Wing Sit Chang: 1960 « » Has also been placed at 3322 BCE » Legge: 1971: pg 328 « The Yi Jing is attributed to his reading of the Ho Map, also known as The Yellow River Map.

Gate to Life ( Ming men)

The lower tan t'ien which is below and behind the navel, and below and before the kidneys, the distance between it and the front and read of the abdomen being in the proportion of seven to three. Also called the ocean or cavity of vitality
CF: Cavity of vitality.
CF: Ocean of vitality
CF: Ming Men

Gatha

Poems or chants; one of the twelve divisions of the Mahayana Canon.

Gavampati

A disciple of the Buddha who attained arhatship by means of meditation on the organ of taste.

Gen

Basic trigram of the Yi Jing. Also known as Mountain. Associated with the concept of keeping still, being immovable. Is Earth in The Five Element Theory Of The Universe.
CF: K�n.

Generative force ( Ching )

Essence of procreation which produces the generative fluid that satisfies sexual desire and begets offspring.

Genital organ, Retractile

Which reveals the fullness of prenatal vitality in the body, a very good sign during the training in Daoist Alchemy.

Gentle breeze ( sun Feng )

Ventilation by in and out breathing
CF: Sun Feng.

Gold

The bearer of the Tortoise.

Golden Elixir ( Chin Tan )

A radiant circle manifesting in the cavity of spirit between and behind the eyes. It stands for the supreme ultimate ( t'ai chi ) and the original awareness ( Yuan Cheuh ).
CF: Elixir of Immortality.

Golden Light

Reveals the fullness of the luminous generative force, vitality and spirit.

Golden Nectar

A liquid produced by the macrocosmic alchemical agent which has been successfully gathered by the practitioner. When his mouth is full of this nectar he should swallow it with a gulp to drive it into the channel of function to the lower tan t'ien to seal vitality there. If he fails to gather the golden nectar he gets only pure saliva.

Gong-An

CF: Gong An.

Gong An

More commonly known in the Japanese form as koan in the west. The term originally meant a dossier, case record, public document, etc. It was borrowed by the Chan Masters as a convenient term and came into use when ancient Masters quoted from instances of enlightenment found in Chan records, these being typical 'concurrent causes' in the process of enlightenment, their sayings and instructions being as valid as the law. By extension, any statement, gesture or action which helps to provoke enlightenment came to called a gong- an. Often called 'riddles' on 'nonsensical' saying in modern books, such enigmatic gong-an will never be understood without recognizing that the direct cause of enlightenment lies in a disciple's 'inner potentiality' which has first to be aroused by Chan training, Without this, a gong-an only reveals its 'dead' or literal meaning.

Grdhrakuta

The Vulture Mountain, near Rajagrha, where the Buddha sojourned when he expounded the Sutra of Contemplation of Amitayus.

Gaubil, Antoine

Jesuit priest » 1689 - 1757 « who first translated the Yi Jing into a western language. The manuscript was not published.

Guan Yin

Sanskrit is Avalokitesvara.

Known as the The Goddess of Mercy in China and as She who looks down upon the cries of the world. A Bodhisattva linked with the compassionate aspect of mind. Attained enlightenment by looking into the hearing faculty. The name means 'sound regarder.' Guan yin's bodhimandala is at Pu-tao. This is simply one example of how 'Church Daoists' adopted dieties of other religions, and appealed to the populace, and their folk religion. You will note that during the most recent incarnation, Guan-yin was male. Such changes have never bothered Daoists much, especially the Church Daoists.

CF: The Surangama Sutra.

Guest/Host

CF: Bin/Zhu:

Two terms skilfully used by Chinese Masters to help their disciples realize the identity of the phenomenal and noumenal or mutable world of particulars with the immutable Mind. These two terms were coined by Ahnatakandina in the Surangama Sutra, when he likened the changing phenomenal to a 'guest' who has nowhere permanent to stay and the unchanging Mind to the 'host ' who is free from all coming and going. He also used the further analogy of 'floating dust' in 'clear sunlight' to indicate this identity, the dust always moving while the clear-light remains motionless.

Guodian

Place in Hubei Province [ People's Republic of China ], where 16 manuscripts dated earlier than the Third Century BCE, were found in a tomb in 1993. These manuscripts were written on bamboo strips.

Hall of Voidness ( Hsu Shih)

The heart devoid of feelings and passions.

Hall, Yellow ( Huang Ting )

The middle tan t'ien in the solar plexus.

Han Chung Li

One of the eight immortals, his symbol is a feathered fan. He also carries the Pill of Immortality.

Han Dynastry, Early

Dynasty that ruled China from 202 BCE to 9 CE.

Han Shan

Silly Mountain. A Name adopted by Ch'an Master Te Ch'ing » 1546 - 1623 CE « who revived the Ch'an sect in China during the Ming Dynasty.

Han Hsiang Tzu

One of the Eight Immortals, his symbol is a Jade Flute, and is seen as the patron of musicians.

Heart

The house of fire and the organ of essential nature ( hsin ken ).

Heart and lower abdomen

The heart of the seat of fire ( of passion ) and the lower abdomen is the seat of water ( of sexual pleasure ). The fire above should be driven down into the water below, and the water below should be scorched by fire to become steam and be lifted to wipe out passion in order to achieve the stable equilibrium and harmony of fire and water. The heart and lower abdomen are respectively symbolized by the dragon ( the female or negative vitality ) and the tiger ( the male or positive vitality).

Heart's Fire ( Hsin Hue)

Chief fire ( Chun Huo ) aroused by evil thoughts which should be avoided
CF: Chun Hue.

Heaven and Earth

The act of Creation, by the complementary forces of Xian and Kun. However, do note that Zhen is required to make manifest the creation.

Heavenly gate ( Miao Men )

The aperture of Brahma at the top of the head by which positive spirit comes out of the body.

Heavenly oneness ( Ch'ien I)

A name given to the great emptiness by the Yi Jing.
CF: Ch'ien I.

Heavenly palace ( Tzu Fu )

Another name of Tsu Ch'iao, the original cavity of spirit.

Heavenly pool ( t'ien chih Hsueh )

A cavity in the palate by which vitality flows down to drain away. Hence the tongue is lifted up to plug it thereby making it a bridge for vitality to come down through the hsuan ying cavity ( the mysterious bridle ) on the channel of function to the lower tan t'ien centre.

Heel and trunk pathways

The heel pathway ( Tung Chung ) from the heels to the brain and the trunk pathway ( Tung Ti ) from the brain to the trunk, ie: the mortal gate.
CF: Self-winding wheel of the Law.

Heng Shen

One of the nine sacred mountains of China. This is a Daoist mountain in Hunan

Hengshan

One of the nine sacred mountains of China. This is the Daoist sacred mountain in Shanxi province.

Hetuvidya Shastra

Sanskrit.
CF: Ying-Ming Lun.
One of the five pancavidya shastras explaining causality or the law of causation. The Indian school was founded by Aksapada. According to its formula, it sets out a kind of syllogism involving:

The proposition ( pratijina );

The reason ( hetu );

The example ( drstanta );

The application ( upanaya );

The conclusion ( nigamana ).

Hexagram

The six lines that are created, when one consults the Yi Jing. These lines indicate which passage you need to study/work on, to answer your question.

Hinayana

Sanskrit:
Small vehicle, also called half-word. Preliminary teaching given by the Buddha to his disciples.

Ho and p'i

Wade-Giles transliteration.
Ho is closing the mechanism of respiration while breathing in so that the air goes down to exert pressure on the lower abdomen causing the generative force to go up in the channel of control to the brain, and p'i is opening the mechanism of respiration while breathing out so that the air goes out of the body to relax pressure on the lower abdomen causing the generative force to descend in the channel of function from the brain to the lower abdomen.

Ho Che

Wade-Giles transliteration.
Microcosmic orbiting
CF: Water-wheels.

Ho Hsien Ku

One of the Eight Immortals, she is the only female depicted, and nobody seems to know how she was elevated to that status. Her symbol is the Lotus Blossom. She is honoured for here ascetic practices. » My personal theory is that she was elevated her, to confound the Doctrine of Confucius that has held sway in China for the last two thousand years. «

Ho River Map

Map of the Yi Jing given to Fu Hsi by a Dragon-Horse at the Ho River » aka the Yellow River «. Is the basis for the Fu Hsu arrangement of the Trigrams, and hexagrams.

Hochberg-van Wallinga,

Translated the Wilhelm edition of the Yi Jing into Dutch, in 1950. » Donatto «

Horse of Intellect, Running:

CF: Monkey heart and running horse of intellect.

Hour of Tsu

Houses of Fire and Water.
Li, the heart, is the house of fire and k'an, the lower tan t'ien, is the house of water.

Hsi Yuan Chih

Wade-Giles transliteration.
Method of meditating which consists of fixing the mind on an object to stop the thinking process.

Hsien

Wade-Giles transliteration.

Hsin Hai

Wade-Giles transliteration.
CF: Ocean of essential nature.

Hsin ken

Wade-Giles transliteration.
The organ of essential nature:
CF: Heart.

Hsin Ming Shuang Hsiu

Wade-Giles transliteration.
Cultivation of both essential nature and eternal life.

Hsing An

The last of the nine Patriarchs of the Lotus Sect.

Hsing Ch'ang

The seventh of the nine Patriarchs of the Lotus Sect.

Huang Ti

Wade-Giles transliteration.
The 'Yellow Emperor'. One of the founders of Daoism, along with Lao Tzu. Reigned from 2969 - 2598 BCE. The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine » Huang Ti Nei Ching Su Wen « is ascribed to him, although it probably is of more recent origin -- roughly 350 to 280 BCE.

Hue Shan

One of the nine sacred mountains of China. This is a Doaist mountain in Shaanxi Province

Hsu Shih

Wade-Giles transliteration.
The hall of voidness or the heart devoid of feelings and passions.

Hsu Yun

Wade-Giles transliteration.
Also called Te Ch'ing, a Ch'an master regarded as the right Dharma eye of the present generation. » 1840 - 1959 «
CF: Xu Yun:

Hsien T'ien and Hou T'ien

Wade-Giles transliteration.
CF: Prenatal and postnatal

Hsien t'ien Chen Chung

Wade-Giles transliteration.
CF: Prenatal true seed.

Hsuan

Wade-Giles transliteration.

Hsuan Chu

Wade-Giles transliteration.
The real generative force.
CF: Mysterious pearl.

Hsuan Kuan

Wade-Giles transliteration.
CF: The Mysterious Gate

Hsuan Ying

Wade-Giles transliteration.
The Mysterious bridle, a cavity behind the heavenly pool in the palate, by which vitality goes down in the channel of function in the microcosmic orbiting.

Huang

Wade-Giles transliteration.

Huang Ting

Wade-Giles transliteration.
The Yellow Hall or middle tan t'ien in the solar plexus.

Huang Po

Ch'an Master Hsi Yuun of Huang Po mountain. Dharma successor of Pai Chang and teacher of Lin Chi ( Rinzai ). Died in Ta Chung reign. ( 847 - 859 ).

Huang Ya or Yellow Bud

Wade-Giles transliteration.
The real generative force
CF: Yellow bud.

Hua-Yan Jing

Sanskrit is Avatamsaka Sutra.

Said to have been the first long sermon expounded by the Buddha. It teaches the Four Dharma-realms.

The phenomenal realmd, with differentiation;

The noumenal realm, with unity;

The phenomenal and noumenal as interdependent;

The Phenomenal is interdependent.

There are three Chinese translations:

60-fascicle work ( 418-20);

80-fascicle work ( 695-9 ) ;

40-fascicle work on the Ganhavyuha portion. ( 759-62 ).

Hui Szu

The Third Patriarch of the T'ien T'ai ( Tendai ) school. Died in 577.

Hui Wen

The Second Patriarch of the T'ien T'ai school of Pei Ch'i Dynasty. ( 550 - 578 CE )

Hui Yuan

The First Patriarch of the Lotus sect. Died in 416 at the age of eighty three.

Huo

Wade-Giles transliteration.

Hygiene

One of the streams that ended up being a part of Daoism, this aspect cultivated longevity through breathing exercises, mental and physical gymnastics, and very rigid sexual practices --- usually requiring absolute celibacy.

I Kuan

Wade-Giles transliteration.
The all-pervading one, a name given to the great emptiness by the Confucian classics.

Immaterial Spirit ( Ch'ung Ling )

A minor channel linking the right side of the original cavity of spirit with the heavenly valley ( Tien Ku ) above it and the Yung Chuan ( bubbling spring ) centre in the centre of the right foot after running through the heart in the chest.

Immersion of fire in water

Concentration on the lower tan t'ien to direct the element of fire in the heart to scorch the element of water in the lower abdomen, thus emptying the heart of passion and stopping water in the lower abdomen from flowing down in order to achieve the stable equilibrium of water and fire.
CF: Shui Huo Chi Chi.

Immortal foetus ( Tao foetus or true seed )

An incorporeal manifestation of the union of vitality and spirit as shown by the union of the white and golden lights. It has neither form nor shape and is unlike any ordinary foetus, the outcome of sexual intercourse.

Immortal seed

The crystallization of positive generative force the fullness of which manifests as the white light of vitality while the fullness of the immortal seed manifests as a golden light reveals the negative vitality within the generative force. The light of the eyes directed downward is positive and when the positive and negative lights meet, a precious light ( Pao Kuang ) will emerge.

The six signs of the formation of the immortal seed are:

a golden light appearing in the eyes;

the back of the head vibrates audibly;

the dragon's hum is heard in the right ear;

The tiger's roar is herd in the left ear;

Fire blazes in the lower tan t'ien, bubbles rise in the body, spasms shake in the nose;

The genital organ draws in.

CF: Immortal Foetus.

Immortality:

This is the theme that serves to unify the four major threads of Daoism. These threads being:

Hygiene,

The Blessed Isles,

Philosophical Daoism,

The Five Element Theory of the Universe.

That said, it should be pointed out that the Dao De Jing does not contain any passages that relate to immortality. Indeed, the only thing it says, is that one must be aware of the present moment, and the future does not exist.

Immortals

Earth-bound immortals ( Shen Hsien ) and heavenly immortals ( chin Hsien ).

Indra

The ruler of the thirty three heavens. Also known as Sakra.

Isvaradeva

Sanskrit:
A title of Siva, king of the devas.

Jade Caver

alternate name for Silver

Jambudcipa

Sanskrit:
Our Earth.

Jasmine

Flower often burned as incense, and offered as a devotion to the various deities.

Jen

Man.

Jen Mo

Wade-Giles transliteration.
A psychic channel which rises from the perineum, goes up along the belly, passes through the navel, the pit of the stomach, the chest, throat and upper lip and ends below the eye; it connects twenty seven psychic centres.

Jing

Term used to refer to a book that is considered to be a classical work, usually ascribed to books that were written prior to the Three Kingdoms.

Jiu Hua Shan

One of the nin sacred mountains of China. This is a Buddhist mountain in Anhui Province.

Jiva

Sanskrit:
Also known as Jivaka, son of Bimbisara by the concubine Amrapali, noted for his medical skill.

Joy

Trigram of the Yi Jing. More commonly referred to as Lake.
CF: Dui

Judgement

Term used to describe part of the interpretation of Yi Jing Hexagrams.

Jen Mo

Wade-Giles transliteration.
CF: Channel of Function
CF: Psychic Channels, the eight

Jen Mo

Wade-Giles transliteration.
CF: Channel of Function
CF: Psychic Channels, the eight.

Ju

Traditional name for Confucianism: Teachers were professional teachers, not of ideas, but of subjects:

The Six Arts:

Ceremony

Music

Archery

Charioterring

Writing

Mathematics

Literary Curriculum.

The Five Classics

K'an

Wade-Giles transliteration.
The house of water in the lower abdomen.
CF: K'an and Li.

K'an and Li

Wade-Giles transliteration.
The lower abdomen and the heart respectively. Spirit in Lu ( the house of fire ) is essential nature, and vitality in k'an ( the house of water ) is eternal life.

Kan Lu

Wade-Giles transliteration.
CF: Sweet dew.

Karma

Moral action causing future retribution, and either good or evil transmigration.

Karuna

Sanskrit:
Pity, compassion; the second of the Four Immeasurables, consisting in saving living beings from suffering.

Kasaya

Sanskrit:
A Monk's robe.

Kasyapa:

Sanskrit:

There were five Kasyapas, disciples of the Buddha:

Majakasyapa

Uruvilakasyapa

Gaya-kasyapa

Nadi-kasyapa

Dasabala-kasayapa.

Uruvilva, Gaya and Nadi were brothers.

Kaundinya

Sanskrit:
Also known as Ajnata, the first of the five disciples of the Buddha, who realized arhatship by means of meditation on sound.

Kausthila

A disciple of the Buddha who, with Sundarananda, attained arhatship by fixing the mind upon the nose.

Keeping vigil over a dead body

When spirit fails to come out of the foetus after the practicer has seen falling snow and dancing flowers, this is called keeping vigil over a dead body. This is caused by the practiser who takes delight in the state of serenity thereby forgetting about leaving the foetus.

King Wen

The founder of the Chou Dynesty « 1154 BCE - 249 BCE », he spent two years in prison, where he wrote out the Tuan and T'uan Chu upon the hexagrams. These were written circa 1154 BCE. « This is part of the mythical tradition of the Yi Jing »

King W�n

Wade-Giles transliteration.
CF: King Wen.

Kinnara

Sanskrit:
Heavenly musicians noted for their songs and dances.

Klesa

Worry, anxiety, affliction, trouble, distress and whatever causes them.

Koan

Cf Gong An.

Kowtows

Salutation in which one touches one's forehead to the ground, as an expression of respect or submission.

Ksana

Sanskrit:
The shortest measure of time; sixty ksana equals one finger snap. ninety of them a thought, 4 500 a minute.

Ksatriya

Sanskrit:
A Warrior and Ruling Caste.

Ksudrapanthaka

A Disciple of the Buddha who attained Arhatship by means of meditation on the organ of smell.

Ku

Romanov-Pinyin transliteration.
CF: Duhkha.

Kuan

CF: Chih

Kuan Ting

The Fifth Patriarch of the T'ien T'ai school.

Kuan Yin

CF: Guan Yin.

Kuei Shan

Ch'an Master Ling Yu of Kei Shan Mountain , Dharma successor of Pai Chang and teacher of Yang Shan. Kuei Shand and Yang Shan founded the Kuei Yang Sect ( Japanese Ikyo Zen ), one of the five Ch'an Sects of China, Died in 853 at the age of eighty three.

Kukkuta Park

A park near Gaya where the Buddha preached the Four Noble Truths after his enlightenment.

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YI JING OR I CHOU
ONE INDIVIDUAL'S [ MIS - ] [ ? ] UNDERSTANDING
A Daoist Glossary: F - K