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	More Than A Bookmark: Eisai The Thanker
		Eisai himself may have regarded some expressions of his thought as impure because they were necessarily compromised due to political considerations.
		In Eisai, then-at least in the little preface to his major work-we stand in the presence of systematics on the part of a man whose whole tradition is noted for its claim to transcend of even eliminate systematics.
		The importance for Eisai of active mind and heart (kokoro) is seen in Eisai's giving a copper halo to a poor man, in his mode of justifying that action and, finally,in his extolling kokoro not only as the all-embracing reality but as the source of Primal Energy.
	ccbs.ntu.edu.tw /FULLTEXT/JR-JOCP/wallace.htm (5586 words)

	Myoan Eisai (Senko Kokushi 1141-1215) presented in Religion section
		Eisai developed his Zen teaching in Japan carefully, for he wanted to establish a stable and enduring movement before drawing the attention of the imperial court or the monks of Mount Hiei.
		Eisai’s qualifications and abilities could not be disputed, and so he concentrated on the charge that he should not teach because of his social position.
		Eisai died in 1215 at the age of seventy-five, honoured by many monks and mourned by the imperial court.
	www.newsfinder.org /site/more/myoan_eisai_senko_kokushi_1141_1215 (2792 words)

	Rinzai-Obaku zen \| What is Zen? - History
		When the Chinese government refused him permission to travel beyond its borders, Eisai made his way to Mount Tiantai and undertook the practice of Linji (Rinzai) Zen with the Huanglong (Oryo) 黄龍 lineage master Xuan Huaichang 虚庵懷敞 (J., Koan Esho; n.d.), under whom he studied both meditation and the vinaya.
		Although Eisai’s Oryo lineage did not continue long, he was important in setting the stage for the restoration of monastic discipline and the establishment of Zen meditation practice.
		Zen tradition has it that the teachings were conveyed by a total of forty-six masters, of whom twenty-four established lineages lasting at least a few generations.
	zen.rinnou.net /whats_zen/history.html (6146 words)

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		The Japanese monk Myoan Eisai (1141-1215) was responsible for the introduction of Zen as an independent Buddhist sect to the Japanese.
		Eisai had studied the teachings of the Lin-chi sect of Ch’an Buddhism in China.
		Eisai had to compromise with the shogun on matters of doctrine and practice.
	www.equip.org /free/DB565-3.htm (4844 words)

	Robin Beck: Nichiren, Zen, Pure Land, & Mettawaves (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Theravadin Parallel to Zen might be the Samatha-Smrti Bhavana, or in English, the Mindfulness Meditation.
		In think the errors of Nonin* and Eisai* were to confuse Satori with Jobutsu.
		*Myoan Eisai(April 20, 1141—July 5, 1215) was a Japanese Buddhist priest, credited with bringing the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism and green tea from China to Japan.
	www.fraughtwithperil.com /blogs/rbeck/archives/000419.html (1365 words)

	Mr. Coffee® - Tea History
		During his reign, teahouses built in natural settings became popular among the Chinese.
		Eisai Myoan, the monk who brought Zen Buddhism to Japan, returned from a trip to China with tea seeds, which he planted on the grounds of his temple near Kyoto.
		Eisai experimented with different ways to brew tea, finally adopting the Chinese whisked tea.
	www.mrcoffee.com /teahistory.aspx (1412 words)

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		Myoan Eisai (1141-1215) is generally regarded as the exponent who brought it to his country.
		When a disciple sitting next to him in Ju-ching’s Ch'an hall kept dozing, he was struck by the master who shouted the phrase `Body and mind are cast off', meaning that the state in which body and mind have been cast off are most exact characteristics of the enlightened mind.
		It was through the influence of Eisai and Dogan that Zen became recognised as a Both Rinzai and Soto have continued to flourish until modern times although they have been subject to various schisms throughout the centuries.
	www.daveburnett.org /articles/Zen.doc (1874 words)

	Shinbutsudo: A Web Page for the Study of Japanese Religions
		There were two monks to whom the introduction of Zen Buddhism in Japan is accredited.
		The first, Myoan Eisai (1141-1215), brought to Japan the ideas of Rinzai Zen (Tsunoda 230).
		Dogen Kigen (1200-1253) was the second traveler and he returned with and initiated the Soto Zen School, with which this paper is concerned (231-33).
	www.uwec.edu /philrel/shimbutsudo/sotozen.html (1338 words)

	Chashaku Wooden Matcha Spoon
		The same method is also used to make gyokuro tea, a full-leaf style that is similar in appearance to sencha.
		Grinding tea by stone was the method used in China when a Japanese Zen priest, Myoan Eisai, brought the tradition back to Japan in 1191.
		Eisai carried with him tea seeds and the knowledge of how to grow, process, and drink the tea.
	www.inpursuitoftea.com /ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=XC094&CartID=1 (408 words)

	Berith.org -- Essays -- Zen: A Trinitarian Critique
		Zen Buddhism is the Japanese version of what some consider the most distinctively Chinese sect within Buddhism, Ch'an.
		The early history of Zen in Japan is extremely complex, but for purposes of simplicity, it may be said that Myoan Eisai (1141-1215) was the founder of Japanese Zen.
		It was not, however, until over 100 years later in the second half of the Kamakura period that Zen temples were established in Japan.
	www.berith.org /essays/zen (5979 words)

	Eisai - Wikipedia Light! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Image:Eisai.jpg Myōan Eisai (明菴栄西) (April 20, 1141–July 5, 1215) was a Japanese Buddhist priest, credited with bringing the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism and green tea from China to Japan.
		Faced with the opposition of traditional schools of Buddhism such as Tendai, Shingon and Pure Land, Eisai finally left Kyoto for the north-east to Kamakura in 1199, where the Shogun and his warrior caste of Samurai enthusiastically welcomed his martial-arts-oriented Zen teachings.
		This page was last modified 03:06, 19 April 2006.
	www.bostoncoop.net /~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=Myoan_Eisai (285 words)

	Japanese Tea Ceremony (Chado) for Peace and Inner Tranquility by UniOasis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Myoan Eisai (1141-1215), who founded the Zen school in Japan, is credited for introducing to Japan the etiquette of tea presentation practiced in Chinese Zen Buddhist temples.
		Eisai encouraged drinking tea for medicinal purposes as well for its use in enhancing religious rites and meditation.
		Other monks and Zen practitioners who followed Eisai continued integrating tea drinking with Zen buddhism.
	www.unioasis.com /docs/dis/teaceremony/dis_teaceremony.html (685 words)

	The Master List of Masters
		Huanglong is considered the founder of the Huanglong stream of the Linji Lineage that was later brought to Japan by Yosai (Eisai).
		Eisai taught Zen mixed with the exoteric and tantric teachings of the Tendai House and in 1204 was appointed abbot of Kennin-ji by the emperor.
		Dharma-heir of Myoan Yosai, he gave Transmission of the Linji Lineage to Dogen.
	www.wwzc.org /translations/masterList.htm (6751 words)

	www.maha-kala.com - Zen: Tradition & Lineage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The son of a Shinto priest from Bitchu, at the age of 28 Eisai took advantage of renewed contact with China to travel to Mt. T’ien T’ai.
		Eisai thus felt compelled to leave Kyoto for the city of Kamakura, where the rising power of the Shoguns and their samurai warriors provided all the patronage he needed to establish new Temples.
		Bolstered by the warrior caste, who found the Zen cultivation of mental detachment to be an especially useful practice, Eisai’s Temples prospered, eventually becoming the Rinzai school of Zen after his death.
	www.maha-kala.com /archive/zen/zen101.htm (5637 words)

	Organic Gyokuro
		Because tea arrived in limited quantities from China tea became a luxury used for medicinal and spiritual purposes.
		He soon realized that the quality was superior to any tea currently grown in Japan.
		He wrote that tea drinking confers many benefits including curing lack of appetite, diseases caused by poor quality drinking water, and beriberi (a vitamin B deficiency).
	www.hinastea.com /TDOrgGyokuro.aspx (596 words)

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