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	Glossary of Zen Names and Terms as Used in the Kwan Um School (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Dae Soen Sa Nim (Korean): title used by Zen Master Seung Sahn's students in referring to him; "great honored Zen Master." In the Korea tradition, all Zen Masters are referred to as "Soen Sa Nim." "Dae" (great) is added to their title when a teacher turns sixty.
		patriarch: the founder of a school and his successors in the transmission of its teaching.
		All the Zen Centers in the Kwan Um School of Zen are under the spiritual direction of Zen Master Seung Sahn, and each offers regular practice and periodic retreats.
	www.kwanumzen.com /misc/glossary.html (1537 words)

	Rinzai
		Lin-Chi was the founder of the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism.
		Rinzai's style of teaching was characterized by harsh encounters; punching, kicking, hitting, etc. His sayings were collected into the Rinzai Roku (Record of Rinzai) by his students.
		In pre-modern Japan, Rinzai was widely popular among the warrior aristocracy and samurai, in distinction from Soto Zen which was more associated with artists and poets.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ri/Rinzai.html (92 words)

	E-sangha, Buddhist Forum and Buddhism Forum -> Japanese Mahayana, General Introduction To
		A peculiarity of the school is that the office of abbot of the main temple and thus also the function of head of the school is hereditary.
		The fundamental sutra for this school, the Buddhavatamsaka-sutra (Jap., Kegon-kyo) was politically construed and taken as a confirmation of the ideal of the unity of the state and of the national-political coloration of Japanese Buddhism.
		Hsuan-tsang was the founder of the Fa-hsiang school.
	www.lioncity.net /buddhism/index.php?showtopic=1532 (3388 words)

	Tendai History
		The T'ien T'ai school of Buddhism was initiated by the Chinese monk Zhi-yi, whose efforts to classify the growing body of Buddhist schools and scriptures into a single system of thought, placing it all in an understandable context, characterized the comprehensive nature of T'ien T'ai philosophy throughout its subsequent history.
		The son of a pious Buddhist, and probably descended from Chinese immigrants, Saicho was ordained as a priest of the Kegon school in the famous Todai-ji Temple in Nara.
		Within a few decades, the Tendai school expanded far beyond the confines of Mt. Hiei, and Tendai temples were established as far away as the island of Kyushu in the south, and in the province of Shimotsuke in the north.
	www.tendai.org /i_tendai_buddhism/history.html (4192 words)

	Rinzai school - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Rinzai school is known for its emphasis on sudden enlightenment and many years of practice using the koan method to achieve this end.
		Rinzai encourages an active pursuit of enlightenment, through the intellectual shock of the Koans, or the strenuous efforts and high-discipline of martial arts.
		The predilection of the samurai for Rinzai Zen continued into the Tokugawa period (1600-1867), when it was the regular training regimen of the warrior caste, leading to the development of Bushidō.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rinzai_school (743 words)

	Rinzai school (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ryoan-ji, a Rinzai Zen temple in Kyoto.]] The Rinzai school (臨済宗; Japanese: Rinzai-shu; Chinese: Linji Zong or Lin-chi Tsung) is one of the two major Japanese Zen sects.
		Rinzai was adopted by the samurai caste, whether Sōtō; had a more popular following, as described in the Japanese saying "Rinzai for the Shōgun, Sōtō; for the peasants" (Jap.
		This is apparently because the Rinzai school places relatively greater emphasis on intellectual knowledge than does Sōtō;, which appealed to the educated and literate upper classes.
	rinzai-school.kiwiki.homeip.net (668 words)

	Rinzai (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Rinzai's teaching was characterized by harsh encounters with students, aiming to bring about the moment of enlightenment (satori) by punching, kicking, slapping, etc. His sermons were collected into the Lin-chi lu (Chinese; Japanese: Rinzai Roku) (Record of Lin-chi) by his students.
		The Rinzai school is known for its emphasis on sudden enlightenment and the use of devices like the koan to achieve this end.
		The Rinzai school has historically been closely linked to various martial arts traditions in Japan, China, and Korea.
	encyclopedia.codeboy.net /wikipedia/r/ri/rinzai.html (170 words)

	Glossary of Zen and Buddhism
		This is approximately equivelant to the jikijitsu in Rinzai monasteries.
		Rinzai: School of Zen emphasizing the use of koans.
		This is the older school of Buddhism, that emphasizes asceticism; "thera" means elders,thus it is a school reserved for the elders of the faith, whose teachings are presented to future elders committed to asceticism.
	barbaria.com /god/philosophy/zen/glossary.htm (5649 words)

	Willigis Jaeger - The Sanbo-Kyodan School of Zen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Eisai Zenji transmitted the Rinzai school to Japan at the end of the 12th and Dogen Zenji brought the Soto School at the beginning of the 13th century.
		Soto and Rinzai Zen differ clearly in the manner of their schooling: Soto emphasizes the practice of Shikantaza and Rinzai places the study of Koans in the forefront.
		The Sambo-Kyodan School (School of the "Three Treasures" [Buddha, Dharma and Sangha are meant]) is a relatively young and small Zen-Order in Japan which has unified the essential elements of Soto and Rinzai.
	www.willigis-jaeger.de /eng/sanbokyodan.html (2380 words)

	Soka Gakkai Dictionary of Buddhism
		Other branches of Rinzai were established by Enni who went to China in 1235 and studied Lin-chi, and by the naturalized Japanese priests Rankei Doryu (Chin Lan-ch'i Tao-lung), Mugaku Sogen (Wu-hsüeh Tsu-yüan), and others who came from China in the thirteenth century to propagate the Zen teachings.
		The Rinzai school became popular among the samurai and nobility and prospered through the support of the Kamakura shogunate.
		In addition to the seated meditation (Jpn zazen) emphasized by the Soto school, Rinzai employs a form of training called koan in Japanese (Chin kung-an), problems comprising sutra passages, presentations from Zen teachers, questions and answers, short exchanges, etc., that are beyond logical solution.
	www.sgi-usa.org /buddhism/dictionary/define?tid=351 (268 words)

	Mt. Baldy/History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		MBZC is a community engaged in the study and practice of Rinzai Zen Buddhism of the Nyorai-Nyoko sect of the Rinzai school, out of the Myoshin-ji Temple.
		However, the one of the books published by MBZC claims that it is part of the largest of the 14 schools of Rinzai Zen, one that, prior to World War 2, was active in "missionary" work to Japanese emigrants to China, Japan and elsewhere.
		The title was given by the Japanese school to which the Roshi is attached, because he is now the oldest living Roshi in the school, a significant attainment in the Japanese culture (Gentry 1/19/96).
	www2.hmc.edu /www_common/religious_studies/baldy/history.html (2019 words)

	Zen Buddhism
		The founder of Rinzai Zen was Lin-Chi I-hsuan (J. Rinzai Gigen, ?-866/67).
		Several early Rinzai Yogi teachers contributed to the proliferation of Rinzai Zen in Japan, but it was Hakuin Zenji who reformed and gave Rinzai Zen its impetus in the new land.
		Although hybrids schools like the Harada-Yasutani line of Zen are not part of the Rinzai lineage, these lines comprise the greater part of Western Zen; and, some of these teachers were, in fact, Rinzai Dharma heirs.
	www.buddhistinformation.com /zen_buddhism.htm (1733 words)

	Rinzai's Market-Sedona,AZ "Quality Supplements With Sound Advice"
		Rinzai’s is a full service natural foods market offering a complete range of natural foods, organic produce, supplements, body-care products, and locally made fresh deli items.
		Rinzai takes special pleasure in the fun and caring he shares with his customers.
		Rinzai graduated from the New Mexico School of Natural Therapeutics in 1981.
	www.rinzaismarket.com /about.php (462 words)

	Japanese Zen Buddhist Philosophy (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
		In the Rinzai school, the kōan method is devised to assist the practitioner to become a “Zen person” (Kasulis, 1981) who fully embodies both wisdom and compassion.
		The Zen practitioner of the Rinzai school is required to pass them all in a private consultation with a Zen master who checks the practitioner's state of mind before he or she is granted a seal of transmission.
		Whatever differences there are between the practitioners of the two schools in regard to the linguistic articulation of their meditational experience, they arise from an individual practitioner's personality, disposition, intellectual capacity, and/or linguistic ability.
	plato.stanford.edu /entries/japanese-zen (8088 words)

	Zazen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Rinzai prospered in Japan after it was transmitted in 1191 by Eisai, and, whereas Soto-Zen was favoured by common people and farmers, Rinzai Zen was favoured by the samurai class and rulers.
		This is in contrast to Rinzai Zen, which does seek Buddha-hood through the breakthrough by the the use of koans.
		In Japan, it is said that Rinzai Zen is for the shogun (general) and Soto-Zen for the hyakusho (farmer), in other words, Rinzai’s koans are for a few select, whereas Soto’s shikantaza is for the common people.
	www.za-zen.net /zazen.html (3412 words)

	Adherents.com
		At the beginning of the 11th century the Rinzai school split into two lineages, the Rinzai Yogi lineage and the Rinzai Oryo lineage.
		The Rinzai school is one of the two schools of Zen still active in Japan.
		Although the school is of Hinayana origin, it was also regarded as authoritative by the Mahayana schools of China.
	www.adherents.com:443 /Na/Na_571.html (4189 words)

	Skandinavisk Zen Center
		Rinzai 臨済濟宗 The Rinzai school is known for its emphasis on sudden enlightenment and years of practice using the koan method to achieve this end.
		Rinzai is the Japanese branch of the Chinese Linji school, which was founded during the Tang Dynasty by Linji Yixuan 臨済義玄; (D. Sesshin 攝心 a period, 2,5 or 7 days, with intensive zazen.
		Sõen Nakagawa 宋淵中川 (宋淵玄珠禪師) (1907 - 1984) was a Japanese teacher of Zen Buddhism in the Rinzai tradition.
	www.skandinaviskzencenter.org /english/ordbog.html (585 words)

	Zen Buddhism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Rinzai Derived from the Ch'an master Lin Chi, the Japanese Rinzai school is known for extensive use of koans.
		Joshu Sasaki Roshi is the senior Rinzai master in the US; several masters who teach in the West have Rinzai and Soto credentials, and one combines Rinzai and Chogye.
		Chogye (Korean) This school is similar to the Chinese, and was also strongly influenced by the heirs of Lin Chi.
	www.urbandharma.org /ibmc/ibmc2/zen.html (207 words)

	Eisai - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Eisai (1141–1215), Japanese Buddhist monk who introduced Zen from China to Japan and founded the Rinzai school.
		In Japan, the simple act of drinking tea has been elevated to an art.
		Rinzai (Chinese Lin-ch'i), school of Zen Buddhism introduced to Japan from China in the 12th century by the monk Eisai.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Eisai.html (71 words)

	Zen and Pureland Buddhism
		The third Zen school arrived at the beginning of the eleventh century and was known by its founder's name, Thao Duong.
		This school was a union of Zen and Pure Land.
		It became the most important school in Central Vietnam, and all Buddhist monks ordained at this temple are in the Lieu-Quan lineage line.
	www.urbandharma.org /ibmc/ibmc1/pure.html (1102 words)

	Adherents.com
		The 7 schools are the above-mentioned 5 houses plus the 2 further schools into which the Rinzai school split after Shi-shuang Ch'u-yuan.
		Hsueh-tou was the last important master of the Ummon school, which began to decline in the middle of the 11th century and died out altogether in the 12th.
		The Rinzai Zen that was to flourish anew in Japan was that deriving from the Chinese and Japanese masters of the strict Rinzai Yogi lineage.
	www.adherents.com /Na/Na_673.html (3665 words)

	Rinzai Zen
		The origins of Rinzai Zen date back to 500 BC with the birth of Sakyamuni Buddha in north-east India who is respected as the Buddha, the founder of Buddhism.
		Putting forward the pre-eminence of practising meditation to discover one’s true nature while rejecting mere academic approaches with too much emphasis on Sutra studies, he is regarded as the First Patriarch of Zen in China.
		One of them, named after its founder Linji (died in 866) will be after the 13th century, the last surviving school of Chan in China.
	perso.orange.fr /falaiseverte.org/EnZenRinzai.htm (259 words)

	Chinese Cultural Studies: Philosophy and Religion in China
		The southern school evolved under the powerful influence of Hui-neng (638-713), who is recognized as the sixth great patriarch of Zen and the founder of its modern interpretation.
		The Rinzai school was taken there in 1191 by the priest Enzai (1141-1215), and the Soto tradition arrived in 1227, taken there by Dogen (1200-53), the most revered figure in Japanese Zen.
		The Obaku school is closer to the Rinzai tradition except for its emphasis on invoking the name of Buddha.
	academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu /core9/phalsall/texts/chinrelg.html (2886 words)

	Introduction to Lin Chi: The "Rinzai" School of Chan, by Rev. Fa Dao Shakya
		Introduction to Lin Chi: The "Rinzai" School of Chan, by Rev. Fa Dao Shakya
		Introduction to Lin Chi: The "Rinzai" School of Chan
		This is how Rinzai, in simple terms, teaches us to see our own motivations, operations and machinations in the samsaric ("real") world and, by seeing them, get them out of the True Man’s way.
	www.hsuyun.org /Dharma/zbohy/Literature/essays/fds/rinzai.html (1658 words)

	Springs Mountain Sangha
		Koans were originally recorded and used by the rinzai school of zen, but the old distinctions have become less important so that today some teachers closer to the soto school have also used koans.
		Rinzai, which originated in China, was the first school of zen to be brought to Japan.
		However, a positive trend seen in North American today is that the distinctions between the two schools are not considered very significant and teachers often quote zen masters from both schools, or from non-Japanese sources, equally as often.
	www.smszen.org /glossary.htm (3549 words)

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