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...

Rinzai-ji (Japanese: 臨済寺), is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Myōshin-ji branch of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen, Buddhism located in the Aoi ward...

the Mount Baldy Zen Center, near Mount Baldy in California, and of the Rinzai-Ji order of affiliated Zen centers. Joshu Sasaki became an ordained monk...

Tenryū-ji (天龍寺), formally known as Tenryū Shiseizen-ji (天龍資聖禅寺), is the head temple of the Tenryū-ji branch of the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism, located...

Myōshin-ji (妙心寺, Myōshin-ji) is a temple complex in Kyoto, Japan, which serves as the head temple of the associated branch of Rinzai Zen Buddhism. The...

palace. It is also the headquarters of the Nanzen-ji branch of Rinzai Zen. The precincts of Nanzen-ji are a nationally designated Historic Site and the...

Kennin-ji (Japanese: 建仁寺) is a historic Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, and head temple of its associated branch of Rinzai Buddhism. It is considered...

part of the Rinzai school. It consisted of the five most famous Zen temples of Kamakura: Kenchō-ji, Engaku-ji, Jufuku-ji, Jōmyō-ji and Jōchi-ji. During the...

Kōdai-ji (高台寺, Kōdai-ji), formally identified as Jubuzan Kōdai-ji (鷲峰山高台寺, Jubuzan Kōdai-ji), is a temple of the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism in Higashiyama-ku...

related to Shōkoku-ji. Shōkoku-ji official web site Kyoto Prefectural Tourism Guide: Shōkoku-ji Joint Council for Japanese Rinzai and Obaku Zen: Shōkoku-ji...

Saihō-ji (西芳寺) is a Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple in Matsuo, Nishikyō Ward, Kyoto, Japan. The temple, which is famed for its moss garden, is commonly referred...

Daitoku-ji (大徳寺, the ‘temple of Great Virtue’) is a Buddhist temple, one of fourteen autonomous branches of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen. It is located...

monastics in his lineage. Other centers in Sasaki's network, including Rinzai-ji, offer the opportunity to practice Zen to laypeople in the lineage. Sasaki...

carved the image Hōrin-ji (Harima), a Rinzai Buddhist temple in Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture (formerly Harima province) Hōrin-ji (Nara), Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture...

Erin-ji (恵林寺), is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Myōshin-ji branch of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen. Located in the city of Kōshū, Yamanashi,...

Shōgen-ji (承元寺, founded ca 817 CE) is a temple of the Myoshin-ji branch of Japanese Rinzai School of Zen Buddhism in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Japan. According...

Shōfuku-ji is the name of more than one Buddhist temple in Japan. Shōfuku-ji (聖福寺). A Rinzai temple in Fukuoka. Shōfuku-ji (正福寺). A Rinzai temple in Tokyo...

Tadazane, the first daimyō of Kokura Domain. (The other is Toyokawa's Rinzai-ji.) The temple was founded in 1665 by Ogasawara Tadazane with support from...

Tōfuku-ji was founded in 1236 by the imperial chancellor Kujō Michiie. He appointed the monk Enni as founding priest, who had studied Rinzai Zen Buddhism...

Kyoto, Japan. It belongs to the Myōshin-ji school of the Rinzai branch of Zen Buddhism. The Ryōan-ji garden is considered one of the finest surviving examples...

Shōsen wished he would then become abbot of the Rinzai temple Myoshin-ji. Authorities within the Rinzai organization were not keen on this idea, due primarily...

临济义玄; pinyin: Línjì Yìxuán; Wade–Giles: Lin-chi I-hsüan; Japanese: 臨済義玄 Rinzai Gigen; died 866 CE) was a Tang dynasty (618-907) Chinese monk and teacher...

Kōgaku-ji (向嶽寺), originally Kōgaku-an, is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen. located in the city of Kōshū, Yamanashi, Japan...

Prefecture Zuiryū-ji, a Sōtō sect temple in Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture Zuiryū-ji, a Rinzai sect temple in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture Zuiryū-ji, a Rinzai sect temple...

head temple of one of the 14 autonomous branches of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen Eigen-ji was founded in 1361 by the famous poet and roshi Jakushitsu...

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...

Buttsū-ji (佛通寺) is a Buddhist temple head one of fourteen autonomous branches of the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism, founded in 1397 by the lord of Mihara;...

Seiryuzan Zuigan-ji (青龍山 瑞巌寺, Seiryūzan Zuigan-ji) is a Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple in located in the town of Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Belonging...

Tōfuku-ji temple complex, located in Higashiyama ward. It is the former headquarters and the premier pilgrimage site of the Fuke sect of Rinzai Zen. The...

Prefecture Zenrin-ji (Fukui), a Sōtō temple in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture Zenrin-ji (Gifu), in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture Zenrin-ji (Nagasaki), a Rinzai temple in Nagasaki...