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    Sōtō Zen or the Sōtō school (曹洞宗, Sōtō-shū) is the largest of the three traditional sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism (the others being Rinzai and Ōbaku)...
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    Ōbaku (redirect from Obaku-shu)
    (Japanese: 黄檗宗, romanized: Ōbaku-shū) is one of three main schools of Japanese Zen Buddhism, in addition to the Sōtō and Rinzai schools. The school was...
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    Elementary School. Chōkoku-ji (長谷寺), also known as Azabu Ō-Kannon (麻布大観音), is a Sōtō-shū temple and a tourist attraction and is also located in Nishi-Azabu. Minato...
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    Chan Buddhism Temples". Tiantong Temple is the cradle of the Sōtō school (曹洞宗, Sōtō-shū) of Japanese Buddhism. Tiantong Temple was first established by...
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  • Dogen [...] This became and continues to this day to be the official Sōtō Zen view. Sōtō-Zen has two ranking systems, hōkai (four dharma ranks) and sōkai...
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  • Japan in the 12th century, both Rinzai and Sōtō, took over the use of kōan study and commenting. In Sōtō-Zen, kōan commentary was not linked to seated...
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    Rinzai school (redirect from Rinzai-shu)
    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...
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  • Rōshi (section Sōtō)
    curriculum; this amounts to a total of fewer than 100 people at any given time. In Sōtō Zen and Sanbo Kyodan it is used more loosely. This is especially the case...
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  • Shōbōgenzō Zuimonki (category Soto Zen)
    (1988), Shōbōgenzō Zuimonki, Tokyo, Japan: Sōtō-shū Shumucho, pp. 5–15 Masunaga, Reiho (1975). A Primer of Sōtō Zen: A Translation of Dōgen's Shōbōgenzō...
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  • Oshō (section Sōtō Zen)
    sometimes revealing it. He was slandered by all students who came to him. In Sōtō Zen, to become an oshō, teacher, two more steps are to be taken after dharma...
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  • 744083°N 139.614194°E / 35.744083; 139.614194 (Chōmei-ji) 2 Dōjō-ji 道場寺 Sōtō-shū Shō Kannon (Avalokiteśvara) Nerima Tokyo Shakujii-kōen 35°44′11″N 139°35′55″E...
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  • Sōtō, dharma transmission is the acknowledgement of the ties between teacher and student. It has been subject to changes over the history of the Sōtō-school...
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    Dōgen (category Soto Zen Buddhists)
    produced by the Sōtō church until the Meiji Era, and was commonly sold nationwide as an herbal medicine, and became a source of income for the Sōtō church. Another...
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    Chan Buddhism Temples". Tiantong Temple is the cradle of the Sōtō school (曹洞宗, Sōtō-shū) of Japanese Buddhism. Ningbo Ocean World: An aquarium with an...
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    University Nezu Museum Chōkoku-ji (長谷寺), also known as Azabu Ō-Kannon (麻布大観音) (Sōtō-shū temple) - located in Nishi-Azabu "Tokyo Metro Statistics (FY2007)" (in...
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    Eihei-ji (category Soto temples)
    Eihei-ji (永平寺) is one of two main temples of the Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism, the largest single religious denomination in Japan (by number of temples...
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    Sanbo Kyodan (category Soto Zen)
    Hakuun Yasutani in 1954, when he "finally gave up his membership in the Sōtō School and professed himself to be connected directly to Dōgen Zenji." It...
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    category officially recognizing Western Zen priests by the Sōtō School Headquarters in Japan (Sōtō-shū) . In 1996 Merzel received Inka from Bernie Glassman...
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    ISBN 9789866936067. Lokesh Chandra, Origin of the Avalokitesvara of Potala. 曹洞宗勤行 (Sōtō-shū Gongyō) (PDF). Amagon (www.amagon.jp). pp. 14–16. "大悲心陀羅尼 (Daihishin-darani)"...
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  • Zen master (section Sōtō)
    transmission Muho Noelke, Part 10: What does it take to become a full-fledged Sōtō-shu priest and is it really worth the whole deal? Buddhadharma Dictionary:...
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    Jodo Shinshu and the Ji-shū sects are considered different enough to be separate from Jodo-shū. The largest branch of Jōdo-shū, the Chinzei-ha (鎮西派, "The...
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  • шагшаабад, shagshaabad Sōtō Sect of Zen emphasizing shikantaza as the primary mode of practice; see also Dōgen Japanese: 曹洞宗 Sōtō-shū 曹洞宗 Cn: Cáodòng-zōng...
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    the temple. In 1905, the Sendan-Rin School was renamed Soto-shu University; in 1925 Soto-shu University became Komazawa University. The temple is where...
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    Houn Jiyu-Kennett (category Soto Zen Buddhists)
    roshi most famous for having been the first female to be sanctioned by the Sōtō School of Japan to teach in the West.[citation needed] Hōun Jiyu-Kennett...
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  • Nichiren-shū in Italy and Europe, website in Italian, English, French and Spanish Nichiren-shū in the UK Nichiren Shu in Hungary Nichiren Shu Brasil Nichiren...
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    Harada Daiun Sogaku (category Soto Zen Buddhists)
    Daiun Sogaku, October 13, 1871 – December 12, 1961) was a Sōtō Zen monk who trained under both Sōtō and Rinzai teachers. He became known for his teaching...
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    Komusō (redirect from Fuke-shū)
    a Chinese Chan Buddhist and shū, meaning school or sect. The understanding of the history of the komusō and the Fuke-shu had long been dominated by the...
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    Charles Tenshin Fletcher (category Soto Zen Buddhists)
    Kokusai Fukyōshi ("Official Foreign Representative") by Sōtō-shū Shûmusôchô, that is, the Japanese Sōtō Zen sect. Tenshin Rōshi has trained thoroughly in kōan...
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    Rinzai (Linji school) Fuke-shū (Historical) Sōtō (Caodong school) Ōbaku (Linji school syncretized with Jingtu) Sanbo Kyodan (Sōtō syncretized with Rinzai)...
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    Shihō (嗣法) refers to a series of ceremonies in Sōtō Zen Buddhism wherein a unsui receives Dharma transmission, becoming part of the dharma lineage of his...
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