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Sanzen

Sanzen (参禅), a.k.a. nisshitsu (入室), means going to a Zen master for instruction. In the Rinzai school, it has the same meaning as dokusan, which is specifically a private interview between student and master, often centering on the student's grasp of an assigned koan. If the master rings a bell to dismiss the student, this means the student's…

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Sanzen → An American Zen Failure, An Introduction, Arkana, Buddhism, Chadwick, Cosimo Classics, David, Dōgen Hosokawa, Eastern Philosophy, Essential Writings, Fischer-Schreiber, Gert, Hinduism, Ingrid, ISBN, Japan, John Daido, Just Sitting, Kegan Paul International, Lock-gray-alt-2

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