Rinzai school information

The Rinzai school (Japanese: 臨済宗, romanized: Rinzai-shū, simplified Chinese: 临济宗; traditional Chinese: 臨濟宗; pinyin: Línjì zōng),named after Linji Yixuan...

that there are only two schools in any given field. Schools are often named after their founders such as the "Rinzai school" of Zen, named after Linji...

particularly important among Japanese practitioners of the Rinzai sect. The Japanese Rinzai-school uses extensive koan-curricula, checking questions, and...

Zongmi. In the Japanese Buddhist Rinzai school, zazen is usually combined with the study of koans. The Japanese Sōtō school makes less or no use of koans...

called the huatou (critical phrase). The Rinzai school is the Japanese lineage of Linji. The Rinzai school emphasizes koan practice through sanzen (one...

Zen, Chan Buddhism for the Chinese origins, and Sōtō, Rinzai and Ōbaku for the three main schools of Zen in Japan Japanese Zen refers to the Japanese forms...

spread to Japan as the Rinzai school and influenced the nine mountain schools of Korean Seon. Before the Song dynasty, the Linji school was rather obscure...

and Proceed clearly: do not cloud the mind with intoxicants. In the Rinzai school students take refuge in the Three Jewels (or Three Refuges) and, similarly...

also lineage-holder of Nōnin, the founder of the Dharuma-shu, also a Rinzai-school. Gikai passed this lineage over to Keizan, who thereby was also lineage-holder...

tradition of Hakuin Ekaku, The Gateless Gate is a central work much used in Rinzai School practice. Five of the koans in the work concern the sayings and doings...

Wade–Giles: Lin-chi I-hsüan; Japanese: 臨済義玄 Rinzai Gigen; died 866 CE) was the founder of the Linji school of Chán Buddhism during Tang dynasty China....

is directed towards satori. This view is typical of Rinzai, which emphasizes satori. The Sōtō school rejects this emphasis, and instead emphasizes "silent...

priest. In the Rinzai-school, a difference is made between acknowledgement of insight and succession in the organisation: From the Rinzai perspective, true...

That means that the Rinzai sect has no means to control who is made a roshi and who is not. In spite of that, the number of Rinzai roshis is relatively...

Japanese Buddhist priest, credited with founding the Rinzai school, the Japanese line of the Linji school of Zen Buddhism. In 1191, he introduced this Zen...

Kyodan tradition, which is rooted in Japanese Sōtō and incorporates Rinzai-school koan-study. He also strongly advocated for Buddhist vegetarianism. Kapleau...

Treasures Religious Organization") is a lay Zen school derived from both the Soto (Caodong) and the Rinzai (Linji) traditions. It was renamed Sanbo-Zen International...

(1141–1215) founded the Rinzai school of Zen. Shinran (1173–1263) founded the Jōdo Shinshū sect. Dōgen (1200–1253) founded the Sōtō school of Zen. Nichiren (1222–1282)...

of the Rinzai school (one of three main schools of Zen Buddhism in Japan, the others being the Sōtō school and the much smaller Ōbaku school). He was...

dharma transmission, he is regarded as the reviver of the Japanese Rinzai school from a period of stagnation, focusing on rigorous training methods integrating...

Sagano. Tenryū-ji, the main temple of one of the 15 branches of the Rinzai school, one of the two main sects of Zen Buddhism in Japan. The hamlet of Kiyotaki...