- Kechimyaku
is a Japanese term for a lineage chart in
Zen Buddhism and some other Japanese schools, documenting the "bloodline" of succession of various masters or listing priests in a particular school. In Zen the kechimyaku theoretically links a student to all previous generations back to the Buddha himself. In theSoto school ofmedieval Japan it became commonplace for the kechimyaku to be administered to lay students for such rituals as thejukai ceremony. Traditionally this document is administered at the time ofDharma transmission in Soto Zen, during ashiho ceremony. [Baroni, 182] In theJodo Shinshu sect the kechimyaku is meant to demonstrate "spiritual descent," and not a blood heritage. [Plutschow, 153]ee also
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Dharma transmission
*Inka
*Shiho Notes
References
*cite book| last =Baroni| first =Helen J.| authorlink =Helen J. Baroni| coauthors =| title =The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Zen Buddhism| publisher =The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc.| date =2002| location =| pages =| url =http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42680558&referer=brief_results| doi =| id = | isbn = 0823922405
*cite book| last =Plutschow| first =Herbert E.| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =Japan's Name Culture: The Significance of Names in a Religious, Political and Social Context| publisher =Japan Library| date =1995| location =| pages =| url =http://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=worldcat_org_all&q=1873410425| doi =| id = | isbn = 1873410425
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