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'''Unsui''' (J. ''kôun ryûsui'') is a term specific to [[Zen Buddhism]] which denotes a [[postulant]] awaiting acceptance into a [[monastery]] or a [[novice]] monk who has undertaken Zen training. Sometimes they will travel from monastery to monastery ([[angya]]) on a [[pilgrimage]] to find the appropriate [[Zen master]] to study with.<ref name="baroni">Baroni, 365</ref> The term ''unsui'', which literally translates as "cloud, water" comes from a [[Chinese language|Chinese]] which reads, "To drift like clouds and flow like water."<ref name="snyder">Snyder, 44-45</ref> [[Helen J. Baroni]] writes, "The term can be applied more broadly for any practtioner of Zen, since followers of Zen attempt to move freely through life, without the contraints and limitations of '''attachment''', like free-floating clouds or flowing water."<ref name="baroni"/> |
'''Unsui''' (J. ''kôun ryûsui'') is a term specific to [[Zen Buddhism]] which denotes a [[postulant]] awaiting acceptance into a [[monastery]] or a [[novice]] monk who has undertaken Zen training. Sometimes they will travel from monastery to monastery ([[angya]]) on a [[pilgrimage]] to find the appropriate [[Zen master]] to study with.<ref name="baroni">Baroni, 365</ref> The term ''unsui'', which literally translates as "cloud, water" comes from a [[Chinese language|Chinese]] [[poem]] which reads, "To drift like clouds and flow like water."<ref name="snyder">Snyder, 44-45</ref> [[Helen J. Baroni]] writes, "The term can be applied more broadly for any practtioner of Zen, since followers of Zen attempt to move freely through life, without the contraints and limitations of '''attachment''', like free-floating clouds or flowing water."<ref name="baroni"/> |
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Revision as of 21:49, 26 March 2008
Unsui (J. kôun ryûsui) is a term specific to Zen Buddhism which denotes a postulant awaiting acceptance into a monastery or a novice monk who has undertaken Zen training. Sometimes they will travel from monastery to monastery (angya) on a pilgrimage to find the appropriate Zen master to study with.[1] The term unsui, which literally translates as "cloud, water" comes from a Chinese poem which reads, "To drift like clouds and flow like water."[2] Helen J. Baroni writes, "The term can be applied more broadly for any practtioner of Zen, since followers of Zen attempt to move freely through life, without the contraints and limitations of attachment, like free-floating clouds or flowing water."[1]
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- Baroni, Helen J. (2002). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Zen Buddhism. The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. ISBN 0823922405.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - Snyder, Gary (1969). Earth House Hold: Technical Notes & Queries to Fellow Dharma Revolutionaries. New Directions Publishing. ISBN 0811201953.
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