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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

of Kōdai-ji. The new temple was consecrated in 1606 as a Sōtō sect temple. In July 1624, the temple converted from the Sōtō sect to the Rinzai sect. Kōdai-in's...

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...

Daitoku-ji (大徳寺, the ‘temple of Great Virtue’) is a Rinzai school Zen Buddhist temple in the Murasakino neighborhood of Kita-ku in the city of Kyoto Japan...

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...

Ryūtaku-ji (龍澤寺) is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Myōshin-ji branch of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen, Buddhism located in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture...

century abbot of Dogen's Eihei-ji, aggressively sought to reform Sōtō from all things 'foreign' and associated with Rinzai, including kōans. The unorthodox...

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...

accounts of life with Kyozan Joshu Sasaki[citation needed] and associated Rinzai-Ji zen centers. Shozan was born and raised in a Catholic family. He studied...

Shōfuku-ji (聖福寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the Gokushōmachi neighborhood of Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan. It belongs to the Rinzai school Myōshin-ji-branch...

Kenchō-ji (建長寺) is a Rinzai Zen temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, which ranks first among Kamakura's so-called Five Great Zen Temples (the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Jōkō-ji (定光寺) is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Myōshin-ji branch of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen, Buddhism located in the city of Seto, Aichi...

founded the temple in 1371. Since 1903, Hōkō-ji has been the main temple of the Hōkō-ji sect of the Rinzai school of Buddhism. Official site(in Japanese)...

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...

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;...

Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺, Japanese pronunciation: [kʲiꜜŋ.ka.kɯ.dʑi], lit. 'Temple of the Golden Pavilion'), officially named Rokuon-ji (鹿苑寺, [ɾoꜜ.kɯ.oɲ.dʑi], lit...

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...

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...