Crossword-Solution: ZENDO 5 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 15

Having invoked the testimony of all the Buddhas, Zendo-Daishi hath set before us the story of the two rivers, the one, the river of fire, the other the river of water, that he might incline the heart to righteous deeds, and guard the true faith of the Divine Promise.

The people passed it from mouth to mouth that this Hōnen Shōnin was the living incarnation of Doshaku Zenji, or yet again of Zendo Daishi.

Sings a Zen poet known as Hō-kōji:[f135][7.4] “How wondrously supernatural, And how miraculous, this! I draw water, and I carry fuel!”[7.5] II The Meditation Hall[7.6] (Zendo in Japanese and Ch‘an T‘ang in Chinese), as it is built in Japan, is generally a rectangular building of various size according to the number of monks to be accommodated.

When the day is not set for study at home, they are generally seen, soon after breakfast, about half past five in summer and about half past six in winter, out in the monastery grounds, or in the neighbouring villages for begging, or tilling the farm attached to the Zendo.

Commonly, attached to a Zendo there are some patrons whose houses the monks regularly visit and get a supply of rice or vegetables.