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	Eihei-ji - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Eiheiji is located about 10 km east of Fukui City in Fukui prefecture, Japan.
		Eiheiji is the main training temple of Soto Zen.
		The standard training for a priest in Eiheiji is a two year period of practice.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eiheiji (124 words)

	Eiheiji (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The focus of the quake was 10 kilometers underground in the prefecture, the agency...
		The first plan is for a merger with the town of Eiheiji and the village of Kamishihi, with which Matsuoka has strong regional ties, and the second is for a merger with the neighboring...
		And on the road to the 700-year-old Eiheiji Temple, shopowners line both sides of the street, waving trinkets and...
	hallencyclopedia.com /Eiheiji (368 words)

	The Way of Eiheiji booklet - text
		Eiheiji is now one of the two [large] training centers for priests and ordained laymen of the Soto Zen sect of Buddhism.
		At Eiheiji the gassho is also please, thank you and excuse me. It is used by the monks before many of the most menial of their tasks in the spirit of the Chinese Zen poet P'ang-yun, "Miraculous power and marvelous activity- -Drawing water and hewing wood!" The gassho is truly an attitude towards life.
		At Eiheiji the only contact with laymen is with those who come to the temple for a night, a meal or for one of the special observances such as the memorial week in honor of the founder and the ordination ceremony for laymen, which are held once a year.
	www.cuke.com /bibliography/WOE/text.html (6213 words)

	Station 39 - Maruoka Discussion
		The Tenryuji Temple belongs to the Soto Zen sect and is a satellite temple of Eiheiji.
		Eiheiji is a large Zen temple complex founded by the priest Dogen Zenshi.
		One is that the court offered him land near Kyoto, but he was afraid that priests would be lured by the secular enticements of the city and firmly rejected the offer, choosing instead to build his temple in the remote mountain fastnesses of Echizen.
	darkwing.uoregon.edu /~kohl/basho/39-maruoka/discussion.html (1053 words)

	Eiheiji, Fukui - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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		Eiheiji (永平寺町; -chou) is a town located in Yoshida District, Fukui, Japan.
		As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 6,520 and a density of 129.37 persons per km².
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eiheiji,_Fukui (91 words)

	Numenware - Bob's stay at Eiheiji
		The overall layout of Eiheiji is modeled on a seated Buddha, with the Sodo corresponding to the right elbow The Hatto The Hatto (Dharma Hall) is at the top of the hill and corresponds to the Buddha’s head.
		In the Eiheiji version the problem that occurs at ZMC as to which food to offer—the macaroni and cheese, or the salad?—does not arise since there is rice at every meal).
		It seems that the majority of the 200+ monks at Eiheiji are there for a relatively short time, by which I mean 1-3 years, after which they intend to go back and run their family temple.
	www.numenware.com /article/29 (1433 words)

	Eiheiji (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		@Eiheiji, the "temple of eternal peace" is one of Soto Zen's two head temples.@ It is located deep in the mountains near the rugged west coast of Japan, not far from Fukui City.
		@Dogen zenji, the founder of Eiheiji, was born in 1200 A.D. When he was 24, he went to China and devoted himself to true Zen practice under the strict guidance of Nyojo zenji at Mt. tendo.
		Dogen thus founded Eiheiji, where he devoted himself to training his followers in the perfection of Zen practice in every action of daily life.
	www.mitene.or.jp /~katumin/eiheiji/gaiyo/eigo00.htm (237 words)

	March April 2003 Stillpoint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		After Eiheiji we were to visit three more temples, and I will write about that next time because there is much to tell about that.
		When we left Eiheiji, it was late in the afternoon, and we went by bus to Katayamazu Spa in Ishikawa.
		I believe that all of these events at Eiheiji related to North America were made possible by their deep adoration for Dogen Zenji and their pure wish to attend the Memorial Commemoration, stemming from their fresh way-seeking mind.
	www.dharma-rain.org /StillPoint/archives/SPmar_apr03.shtml (2566 words)

	MICO: Program Finder
		Eiheiji is the biggest Zen training center in Japan.
		At the age of 104, he is the oldest priest in the temple's eight centuries of history.
		Dogen, the founder of Eiheiji, taught his pupils to live in the same way as Shakyamuni Buddha, who achieved spiritual awakening.
	sales.micojapan.com /pgm.asp?N=1132 (190 words)

	Eiheiji temple Information
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		Confessions of a Grade School Role Model: Eiheiji Temple, Fukui...
	temple.5infolock8.info /temple-grandin/eiheiji-temple.html (209 words)

	September October 2003 Stillpoint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Dogen and Keizan are sometimes referred to as the "father" and "mother" of Japanese Soto Zen respectively.
		Dogen's heir and successor at Eiheiji was Koun Ejo.
		What we know for sure is that Gikai left Eiheiji because of controversy, and returned some time later, only to leave again.
	www.dharma-rain.org /StillPoint/archives/SPsep_oct03.shtml (4293 words)

	The daily life of a Japanese woman: Trip to Hokuriku Part2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Eiheiji, the "temple of eternal peace" is one of Soto Zen Buddhism 's two head temples.
		It is located deep in the mountains near the rugged west coast of Japan.
		Eiheiji stands in the wooded hills, about 15 kilometers outside of Fukui City idrobe on Fukui prefecture.
	erin21.blogspot.com /2005/10/trip-to-hokuriku-part2.html (322 words)

	Jikishoan Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		At the head temple, Eiheiji, the Abbot, Niwa Zenji, passed away and the advisory committee (of which my teacher was a member) nominated my teacher as vice-Abbot.
		The news from Eiheiji went to Zuioji first and they received it while he was travelling to Shogoji so I then received the call that a messenger from the Eiheiji advisory committee was at my master's monastery and was formally asking for him to accept the vice-Abbotship of Eiheiji.
		After Eiheiji, I hope to see you in a place where there is a practice structure, a zendo, and community practice is going on and I think that your idea is wonderful." My idea was to share zazen practice with as many people as possible and to try to develop something from that.
	home.vicnet.net.au /~jiki/going_3.htm (1428 words)

	Zenshuji Soto Zen Mission - Trip to Head Temple Eiheiji 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		We were shown a recently produced film about Eiheiji after which we listened to speakers from many different parts of the Soto Zen world.
		On our last day at Eiheiji we were awakened at 3:30 A.M. by the bell just as the practicing monks have been for nearly 800 years.
		I would like to have spent a little more time at Eiheiji in order to interact with the other groups ~ as well as to take some time to be able to reflect on this great occasion.
	www.zenshuji.org /eiheiji_trip_2002.html (882 words)

	Learn about Japanese Symbols and Japanese Culture! Takanori Tomita's Kanji BLOG: 02/20/2005 - 02/26/2005
		EIHEIJI - "temple of eternal peace" - one of Soto Zen's Two head temple in Japan.
		EIHEIJI is situated in Fukui-Ken where it used to be called
		When I visited EIHEIJI, it was snowing and very cold.
	takanoritomita.blogspot.com /2005_02_20_takanoritomita_archive.html (472 words)

	Daily Message: May 3, 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This temple is very interesting because it was not built in the capital, Kyoto, or in any main center of culture or commerce but deep in the mountains of Fukui Prefecture under of the patronage of just a minor feudal lord.
		Although Dogen received many invitations from such rich and powerful leaders, he finally took the invitation to build his temple far away from everything, deep in the country.
		We are in between the artist district and the tiny, dwindling community of Little Tokyo.
	www.aikidocenterla.com /2002/5/3.html (487 words)

	Station 39 Notes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		His work is included in a number of anthologies.
		Eiheiji is the main temple of the Soto Zen sect founded by Dogen who brought Soto Zen to Japan.
		Dogen had studied in Sung China and returned to Japan to found Eiheiji in 1243.
	darkwing.uoregon.edu /~kohl/basho/39-maruoka/notes.html (186 words)

	UN ZEN OCCIDENTAL : KEIZAN - SOJIJI
		Keizan the Dhyâna-master, the founder of the Sôjiji, the sister monastery of the Eiheiji, and the 4th Patriarch of the Sôtô sect in Japan, was born in the year 1268 in Tane village, of the province of Echizen.
		He asked his parents permission to join the priesthood, but they having no other child could not acceed to his entreat which however was so earnestly repeated that sometimes it was accompanied by fasting.
		For 5 years henceforth he was taught Buddhist doctrines and rules of deportment, and at the age of 13, he was conferred ordination.
	www.zen-occidental.net /divers/keizan.html (2146 words)

	AZA/New Orleans Zen Temple - Masters
		The monks, taking Kodo Sawaki for a beggar-tramp (his clothes were but rags) and a madman (the bullet wound he had received in the mouth impaired his speech and made it difficult for him to speak), refused to listen to him.
		Despite the lack of food-he was almost starving by then-he was so filled with joy that he could not close his eyes, even if he had wished to.
		Delegated to pounding rice in the kitchen, as was the Sixth Patriarch in the seventh century, Kodo Sawaki remained at Eiheiji for a few years before taking to the road.
	www.nozt.org /masters.shtml (2101 words)

	Dōgen Biography / Biography of Dōgen Religion Biography
		In 1230 he established a new Zen community (officially designated the Kōshōji monastery in 1236) in Fukakusa outside of Kyoto, where in 1241 he was joined by a group of Zen practitioners known as the Darumashū (the lineage of Bodhidharma).
		Today, Eiheiji is one of the two headquarter temples, along with Sōjiji, of the Sōtō Zen school, one of Japan's largest religious denominations.
		Finally, in 1667, monks at Eiheiji compiled a collection of Dōgen's independent essays on monastic procedures, which they published as Eihei shingi (Eihei Dōgen's monastic regulations).
	www.bookrags.com /biography-dgen-eorl-04 (1541 words)

	Great Head Temple Sojiji/Szódzsi-dzsi, a nagy szerzetesképző kolostor
		The Temple and Eiheiji in Fukui Prefecture which was established in 1244 by Priest Dogen (1200-1253), the founder of Soto Zen, have been the matchless twin of the Sect in Japan.
		Born in Fukui Prefecture, he took the tonsure at age 8 to become a shami (sramanera in Skt.) or a Buddhist acolyte and entered Eiheiji to study Buddhism under the guidance of Priest Tettsu, the third chief priest of Eiheiji, who was then at Enryakuji.
		Together with Eiheiji in Fukui Prefecture, it is the headquarters of the Soto Sect and has, according to its homepage, 15,000 sub-temples and 8 million followers throughout the world.
	www.terebess.hu /zen/sojiji/szodzsi.html (5499 words)

	Japan Travels [updates]
		In the afternoon, we visited a Zen Buddhist temple called Eiheiji, "temple of eternal peace," nestled deep in the mountains.
		Eiheiji is one of Soto Zen's two head temples, and is known for its scrupulous practice of Shikantaza, "just sitting." Still today, Buddhist priests and priests-in-training practice Zen Buddhism at Eiheiji.
		We were able to see Zen Buddhist priests walking the halls of Eiheiji.
	www.prin.edu /college/academics/abroads/2000-2001/Japan_site/updates/1_3Journal.htm (950 words)

	San Francisco Zen Center Newsletter, Volume 1 Number 7 October 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The trip grew out of an invitation to Tenshin Reb Anderson to officiate at a ceremony at Eiheiji temple memorializing the 750th anniversary of Eihei Dogen’s death.
		On the day we arrived at Eiheiji, we met with an international group of Soto Zen practitioners from Europe and the States whose head priests had also been invited to officiate at memorial ceremonies.
		The rest of us watched the ceremony either from the side or front of the hall, and were moved and proud.
	www.sfzc.com /Pages/Newsletter/sangha-e_v1n7.html (2734 words)

	Eihei Dogen Kigen Zenji (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Dogen Zenji, the founder of Eiheiji was born in 1200 A.D. When he was 24, he went to China and devoted himself to true Zen practice under the strict guidance of Nyojozenji at Mt.Tendo.
		After having "dropped off both body and mind", realizing the way of the Buddha, he returned home in 1228.
		He was offerd land and other help for this by Yoshishige Hatano, a samurai who was one of his most devoted lay followers.
	members.aol.com /kyosan1/dogenbe.htm (192 words)

	( Learning Zen in Japan - Dogen Zen - Zazen, Soto-Zen, Japan And Israel)
		Although he was attending roles as a priest in Eiheiji, and was the vise president of Komazawa University, he always had time for teaching serious students.
		Sojiji and Eiheiji are the biggest monasteries of the Soto Zen in Japan and function as headquarters and priest training centers.
		There are at least few dozens Additional places for practice Soto-Zen, including the famous Eiheiji temple, all over Japan.
	www.zenki.com /AboutlearningZeninJapan.htm (2603 words)

	Message for the Dogen Zenji Symposium
		As the 78th abbot of Daihonzan Eiheiji which was established by Dogen Zenji in 1244, I am truly happy to learn that the Dogen Zenji Symposium will be held as a part of the celebration of the 800th anniversary of Dogen Zenji
		As you already know, Daihonzan Eiheiji is the largest Buddhist monastery in Japan.
		Daihonzan Eiheiji and Daihonzan Sojiji has given us great support and Stanford University has offered a fine place to hold this symposium.
	www.sotozen.com /symposium/message.html (1059 words)

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