Kechimyaku (è¡è) is a Japanese term for a lineage chart in Zen Buddhism and some other Japanese schools, documenting the "bloodline" of succession of various masters or listing priests in a particular school. In Zen, the kechimyaku theoretically links a student to all previous generations back to the Buddha himself. In the SÅtÅ school of medieval Japan, it became commonplace for the kechimyaku to be administered to lay students for such rituals as the jukai ceremony. Traditionally, this document is administered at the time of Dharma transmission in Soto Zen, during a shiho ceremony. In the Jodo Shinshu sect, the kechimyaku is meant to demonstrate "spiritual descent", and not a blood heritage.
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A butsudan (ä»å£; lit. "Buddhist altar"), sometimes spelled butudan, is a shrine commonly found in temples and homes in Japanese Buddhist cultures. A butsudan is either a defined, often ornate platform or simply a wooden cabinet sometimes crafted with doors that enclose and protect a gohonzon or religious icon, typically a statue or painting of a Buddha or bodhisattva, or a calligraphic mandala scroll.
The butsudan's primary use is for paying respects to the Buddha, as well as to family members who have died.