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Rinzai school

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 (Romaji: Rinzai Gigen, died 866 CE) is one of three sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism, along with Sōtō and Ōbaku. The Chinese Linji school of Chan Buddhism was first transmitted to Japan by Myōan Eisai…

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Japanese Rinzai practice

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Contemporary Rinzai schools

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related to Literary sources · 28
Rinzai school → An Introduction, Chinese Chan, Dahui Zonggao, Diamond Sutra, Hakuin Ekaku, Hakuin's Zen, Heart Sutra, Important Japanese, Indian, Indian Mahayana, Japanese Rinzai, Jp, Lamp, Linji, Linji Yixuan, Línjì, Mahayana Buddhist, Omori Sogen's Sanzen Nyumon, Record, Rinzai
related to Tokugawa (1600–1868) – Hakuin and his heirs · 17
Rinzai school → By, China, Dai-ichiza, Dokyō Etan, First Monk, Hakuin, Hakuin Ekaku, Japan, Japanese Rinzai-lineages, Nanpo Jomyo, Nevertheless, Obaku-lineage, Rinzai, Rinzai-institution, Shōin-ji, Shōju Rōnin, When
related to Kamakura period (1185–1333) · 15
Rinzai school → Along, Chan Buddhism, China, Decades, In, Japan, Japanese, Linji, Myōan Eisai, Nanpo Shōmyō, Rinzai, Rinzai Zen, Tendai, Though, Zen
related to Muromachi (or Ashikaga) period (1336–1573) · 12
Rinzai school → China, Daitō Kokushi, During, Japan, Japanese, Japanese Zen, Muromachi, Musō Soseki, Rinzai, Shūhō Myōchō, The, Zen
related to history · 10
Rinzai school → Albert Welter, Although Linji Yixuan, Chan Buddhism, Chinese Linji, Japanese, Linji Chan, Linji Yixuan, Shoushan Shengnian, The Rinzai, While
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Rinzai school → Japanese line of the Chinese Linji school of Chan Buddhism

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rinzai zen japanese school japan hakuin linji also practice citation needed buddhism chinese ōbaku temples lineage sōtō ōtōkan founded influential

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