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Religion (br) kodansha Gakujutsu Bunko / Question : "What is Buddha?" Answer : "Sankin no Ma" At first glance, this question and answer seems to be Greek. Zen questions and answers are incomprehensible like this, and it has been thought that to think through it is ascetic training. However, going back to the context of the Tang Dynasty, when questions and answers were born, there is an unexpectedly clear and rational exchange. The living words of Rinzai, which preach "The self that is Buddha as it is, moves with Buddhahood, and does not need anything other than itself," come back vividly now! 『 Rinzai Roku 』, a collection of the words of Rinzai Gigen (? -866/867), a Zen priest of the Tang Dynasty, has been called "the king of the book (king of the sayings)" in our country's Rinzai Sect. However, before it became "sacred text," 『 Rinzai Roku 』 originally intended to convey "The king of the book (king of the sayings)." If you meet Buddha, you kill Buddha, if you meet ancestors, you kill ancestors. "What does the famous" When you meet Buddha, you kill Ancestors "mean? The understanding of Zen, which was loved by intellectuals after the Meiji period such as Soseki Natsume, Kitaro Nishida and D. T. Suzuki Rinzai in a young age Chapter V : Buppo Musasu - Fate with Obaku Chapter 6 : Again' Soshi Seirai' - No separation from Sobutsu Chapter 7 : Safe and Noble - Denial of ascetic practices and safe peace Chapter 8 : Unranked Shinjin Chapter 9 : Sound of bells in the air - Rinzai and Fuke Epilogue - D. T. Suzuki and Zen in the 20th century 2008 』 』 『 』 『 』 Oigo 『 』 Seishin 『 『