Buddhism in Australia Traditions in Change

46

LeoraS.Davis

Notes

I Iwould

liketothankEkaiKorematsu-oshoandtheJikishoanZen

Buddhist

Community

fortheir

contributionto

my

research.

2 Most

notably.Hogcn

Yamahata.

founder

of

OpenWay

Zen.Itmustbementioned

herethat

theStttoZenshuin

Japanoflicially

recognizes

twoSoto

temples

inAustralia:

.likishoanin

Melbourneand

Hogen

Yamahata'sDochu-An:

OpenWay

Australiain

ByronBay.

NewSouthWales.However

Hogen-san

spendsonlypan

ofeaeh

year

in

Australiaandthe

practice

and

administrativestructureor

OpenWay

isnotasfocused

2"

traditionalSotomonastic

structures. Formoreinformationsee

OpenWay

Zen

009.

3

liltishoantranslatesasdirect

(/ilrl')

realization

(rho)

hut

(an).

4 TheSoto

Schoolclaimstwo

foundingpatriarchs;

DogenZenji

(120071253)

andthe

rounh

ancestor

in

Dogcn‘s

line,

Keizan~Zen

(12684325).

Consequently.

therearetwo

head

temples

ih

‘

and

Keizan-Zenji'sSoj_

.

5 Overa

three-yearperiod

I

attended

retreats.

lecturesand

workshops

andconducted

interviewswithteachersand

membersof

Open

Way

Zen.theClifionHillZentloandthe

Melbourne

Zen

Group.

6 TheAmerican

monk.Nonin

Chowaney.

astudentofDainin

KataginRoshi.

wasthe

first

foreign

monkto

undertake

training

at

Sogoji.

HeisnowAbbotof

theNebraska

Zen

Tenlm.

7 ‘Inthe

beginner‘s

mindthereare

manypossibilities.

but

inthe

expert's

therearefew‘

(Suzuki

I984:

2|).

it

Ekairoshoalso

occasionally

conducts

one—dayworkshops

withasmall

group

olstudents

at

azendoonthe

Momington

Peninsula

approximately

itskmfromMelbourne

9

'lhelerrn

ryn

refersto

work

space:

forvariousoificeholdersandtheirstaff.Itcanalso

refertothe

staffttl‘acertain

position.

Thusthetermtern-o

ryn

referstothekitchen

workers,Since

likishosnhasno

permanent

base.

ryoalways

hasthelatter

meaning.

IOSee

Leighton

andOkumura1996.

lI Thetikishoarr

rya

groupsrange

fromthe

1mrya

thatisheaded

by

the

treasurer.

tothe

term)

ryo

that

coordinatesallmealsat

community

functions.Forafulllistoflhcll

ryrts.

seeJikishoan

2009.

I2‘Outside

orwordsandletters‘and‘adirect

pointing'

areZen

slogans

attributedtothe

semi-legendary

Bodhidhanna.For

examples

ofwestern

perceptions

of

Zen.

see

Kapleau

1980:

22273:ChadwickI999:l7leZ.in

myexperience

with

Jikishoan.

anumberof

people

didnotreIum

because

they

‘couldn’tseetheneedforalltheritual‘orfeltthat

‘thercwastoomuchadministrationwork‘.

13

ThereisaclassicZen

story

that‘answcts'the

spiritual/mundane

dichotomy:

In

the

Kuan-yinMonastery

thedhanna

ensign

wasoncebrokendown

hy

the

wind.

A

monkcameto

[master]

Chao—chouand

asked,

"Whatwillthis

magicensign

turn

into,

adivineoramundane

thing?‘

TheMaster

answered.

‘Neither

mundane.

nor

divine.‘Themonkfurther

pressed.

‘Whatwillit

ultimately

be'."TheMaster

said,

‘Well.ithas

just

dropped

tothe

ground.‘

(Chang

I969:

I67)

[4‘No

worries‘isacommonAustralian

expression

that

usually

meansthem

arenodifii-

cultiesinvolvedinacertain

task.itcanalsomean‘Il'snotroubleatall‘or

'you‘re

welcome”.

l5

‘She’llbe

right'

isanothercommonAustralian

expression

that

usually

means

‘every-

thing

willheolt‘.Itcanalso

have

a

sarcasticorironic

meaning

asa

response

tosomeone

making

amistakeornot

caring

abouttheresultofanaction.

lo

SeeChadwick

1999:

Spuler

2003.

I7

:35

examples

of

scholarly

workonthese

adaptations.

seePrebish

I999:Bell2000:Konc

l.

Stilt)ZerlinAustralia 47

References

Baumanrr.

M.

(200i)

‘GlobalBuddhism:

developmentalperrods,

regional

hrstories.

anda

new

analyticalperspectivc'.

Journal

of

GlobalBudd/limit,

2:l 43.

Baumann,

M.

(l997)

‘Cultuteeontaet andvaluation:

early

German Buddhistsandthe

creationora

BuddhisminProtestant

shapc'.

Nume'n.

44

(3):

270 95,

Baumann,

M.

(1994)

‘The

transplantation

ofBuddhism

to

Germany:proeessive

modes

and

strategies

or

adaptation:

Mel/10dand

theory

Inthe

SutdrofReligion.

tr

(I):

35 61.

Bell.5.

(2000)"Being

creativewithtradition:

rooting

Theravada

Buddhismin

Britain‘,

Journal

ofGlabal

Buddhism.I:P23.

Bolton.

l.

(2002)‘Receiving

the

preeepts',

Myn/ll,

2

(2):

5.

Chadwick,

D.

(1999)

tron/redrut-umber The

lift

andZen

hut/ling

n/Shlmrt‘tl

sin-rill.

NewYork:

Broadway

Books.

Chang.

c.

(I969)OriginalTeut‘lll'ngx

(I/(‘Il‘mt

Buddhism.

NewYork:PantheonBooks,

Foulk.T.G.

(2000)

The

formandfunctionofkoanliterature:

anhistorical

twerview'.

inS.

HeineandD.S.

Wright

(eds)

TheKarin,liar”und('mlltlrlx

lrlIt'll

Buddhism.

New

York:

Oxford

University

Press:IS 45,

Gregory,

P.

N.

(200i)‘Describing

the

elephant:

BuddhismInAmerica'.

Religion

tmd

AmerlcanFlt/lure.

ll

(Z):

2334)}.

Hort,

V.S.

(1993)‘Japanese

ZeninAmerica:

Americaninng

thefaceInthemirror‘,

inC.S.

Prehish

andK.K.Tanaka

(eds)

TheFaces

Qflillddlltxm

"L‘lmL‘rIK‘H.

Berkeley:University

ofCaliforniaPre,.

Hutchison.

A.

(2004)

‘BuddhisminAustralian:

theJikishoal'lZenBuddhist

oomtnunity‘.

Zen

Friends.

Japan:

Sotoshu:26']l.

J! hoarl

Annual

Repor/

(2009)

Melbourne:

JlkishoanZlcnBuddhist

Community.

Jikishoan

ZenBuddhist

Community

(2009)‘Ryogroups.

Availableonline:

wwwjrkrshoan,

org.au

(accessedSeptember

2009).

Kapleau.

P.

(1989)

The

ThreePilltlrs

quen,

NewYork:

AnchorBooks.

Konc.

A.

(200!)

‘ch

in

Europe:

a

survey

ofthe

territory',

Journal

of

GlobalBuddhism.

2:13%|.

Korcmatsu,

E.

(2008)

‘Chosan

tnllt'.

Mmjtl.

7

(3):

6.

Korematsu,

E

(2006)Returning

tothe

monastery’,Myajtl.

6

(Z):

5.

Korelnatsu.E.(20m)

Reheat

Teachings.

ZenRetreat.

Groyfriars.

Melbourne.

Unpublished

typescripl.

>

Korcmatsu,

E.

(2000)

‘Going

against

thecurrentofourowndcsircs‘.

Availableonllne:

http://www.jikishoanorgau/goingj.lltm

(accessedAugust

2009).

Korematsu. E.

(1999)

Dltnrmo Talk (Tel'xlml. Zen Retreat.

Greyfrtars.

Melbourne,

Unpublishedtypescripl.

Leighton.

D. and

Okurnura.

S.

(trans)

(W96)

Dtlgerl

'sPure Standards

for

the Zen

Community,

Albany:

State

University

ofNewYork

Press.

Dkumura.

s.

(1999)‘DogenZenji's

standardsfor

communitypmctice‘.paperpresented

at

Dogen

ZenAnd

ItsRelevanceForOur

Time

Symposium.

Stanford

University.

October

I999.Available

online:

hehss.stanlord.edu/researeh/projectslsztp/newslarehivelarehive.

html

(accessedSeptember

2009).

OpenWay

Zen

(2009)‘OpenWay

ch'.

Availableonline:

http://www.0pcnway.org,au

(accessed

September

2009).

Prehish.c.S.

(I999)

Luminous

Pdssage-

ThePracticeand

Studyoffiuddhlsm

InAmerica.

Berkeley:

University

ofCalifornia

Press.