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140 Appendix I: The Gist of Sōtō Zenone. [Out of training and enlightenment one can realize theEternal and use that understanding for the benefit of all livingthings. EditorÕs note.]Buddhist meditation practice now has spread across theseas and is exciting interest in the West. This unique thoughtand culture is urging Westerners on to open a new field of endeavor.We have taken this occasion to make clear some of theprinciples of Buddhist meditation, particularly of the SereneReflection School, which we feel will contribute to a deeperunderstanding and through that to world peace and the happinessof mankind. In conclusion, we should like to add that weexpect that the future of the Serene Reflection School which isat once cultural, peaceful and constructive will have much tocontribute to the world. Particularly do we feel that the thoughtand faith of Great Master D‡gen follow the ideals held by allhumanity and possess a broad objectivity which is universallyapplicable.We should like to end this article with the fervent hopethat henceforth thinkers throughout the world will find deepinterest in the field of serene reflection Buddhist meditationand will undertake seriously its study and practice.
APPENDIX IICORRESPONDENCEThe following documents are part of a series of lettersbetween Koh‡ Zenji and Miss Peggy Kennett which showthat she was asked by him to come to Japan and study at thetemple S‡ji-ji, one of the two Headquarter Temples where S‡t‡Zen monks train to become full priests and where Koh‡ Zenjiwas the Abbot. Although no woman and person who had beenborn in a foreign country had been, officially, at S‡ji-ji in livingmemory, Koh‡ Zenji had long championed the cause of womenÕseducation and was now extending it to someone he feltwas worthy to be his Dharma Heir. It was not necessarily a populardecision at that time in Japan. Rev. Jiyu-KennettÕs presencein the monastery created considerable controversyincluding accusations that she had never been asked to come.These documents are published here as part of the historicrecord. Rumors and accusations, although contrary to theBuddhist Precepts, are present in all cases where controversialdecisions are taken. During his lifetime, the Buddha had instancesin which people accused him of wrongdoing todiscredit him, and his life was threatened by those jealous of his141
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