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抦 [py] zhi1 [wg] chih [ko] chi [ja] 僠 chi ||| (1) To know, to realize, to understand, to be aware of. To recall, to see. (2) To inform, to let know. (3) Knowledge, awareness, consciousness. Wisdom. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

抦媞 [py] zhi1ke4 [wg] chih-k'e [ko] chigaek [ja] 僔僇 shika ||| The job in the monastery of receiving guests. The fourth level of the six supervisory positions. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

抦尒 [py] zhi1jian4 [wg] chi-hsien [ko] chigyôn [ja] 僠働儞 chiken ||| (j~naana-dar`sana). (1) Seeing with wisdom. An understanding based on knowledge. (2) The understanding of knowing phenomena through having awakened to them. (3) A synonym for 柧峴懌, 'one perfected in wisdom and action', one of the ten epithets of the Buddha. (4) Wisdom and insight; knowledge and views. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

抦鍿 [py] zhi1jue2 [wg] chih-chüeh [ko] chigak [ja] 僠僇僋 chikaku ||| Guess, infer, imagine, speculate (mistakenly). Discrimination, thought (tarka). [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

抦鎐 [py] Zhi1ne4 [wg] Chih-no [ko] Chinul [ja] 僠僩僣 Chitotsu ||| Chinul; probably the most important figure in the history of Korean Sôn. Chinul entered the world at a time when the sangha was in a state of crisis, in terms of external appearance as well as internal issues of doctrine. Chinul was deeply disturbed at the degree of corruption that had crept into the sangha, and for this reason sought to establish a new movement within Korean Sôn which he called the "samaadhi and praj~naa society" 掕宒幮 whose goal was to establish a new community of disciplined, pure-minded practitioners deep in the mountains. Chinul eventually accomplished this mission with the founding of the Sônggwangsa monastery 徏淎帥 at Mt. Chogye 憘熲嶳.
Because of his thoroughgoing analysis and reformulation of the methodologies of Sôn study and practice, Chinul's works are seriously studied down to the present in Korean Sôn monasteries. One major issue that had fermented long in Chinese Chan and which had received special focus from Chinul, was the relationship between so-called "gradual" and "sudden" methods in practice and enlightenment. Drawing upon various Chinese treatments of this topic, most importantly those by Zongmi (廆枾) and Dahui (戝宒), Chinul came up with his famous "sudden enlightenment followed by gradual practice" dictum which he outlined in a few relatively concise and accessible texts. From Dahui Chinul also incorporated the kwanhwa (鎂榖) method into his practice. This form of meditation is the main method taught in Korean Sôn down to modern times.
Chinul did not undergo his enlightenment experiences as the result of the classical so-called personal "mind-to-mind transmission" between teacher and student as characterized in the Sôn school. Rather, each of his three enlightenment experiences came in connection with the contemplation of a passage in a Buddhist text. In his final articulation of his understanding of the dynamics of enlightenment, Chinul was highly influenced by the explanation of the relationship between Sôn and Kyo provided by the Tang Huayan master Li Tongxuan (棝捠尯). Chinul's philosophical resolution of the issue of sudden/gradual enlightenment brought a deep and lasting impact on Korean Buddhism. [Credit] acm(entry)

抦幆 [py] zhi1shi4 [wg] chih-shih [ko] chisik [ja] 僠僔僉 chishiki ||| (1) Consciousness, awareness. (2) The content of what is known; knowledge, information. (3) An eminent monk. A Buddhist teacher. An exemplary practitioner with whom one is intimate. (4) A friend, an acquaintance. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

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