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  2. Zen ranks and hierarchy - Wikipedia

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    A Soen Sa Nim (Zen master; seonsa-nim; 선사님; 禪師님) is a JDPSN that has received full Dharma transmission master to master. [34] An Abbot serves a Zen center in an administrative capacity, and does not necessarily provide spiritual direction, though several are Soen Sa Nims. These individuals take care of budgets and other such tasks ...

  3. Zen lineage charts - Wikipedia

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    The idea of a patriarchal lineage in Chan dates back to the epitaph for Fărú (法如 638–689), a disciple of the 5th patriarch, Daman Hongren (弘忍 601–674). In the Long Scroll of the Treatise on the Two Entrances and Four Practices and the Continued Biographies of Eminent Monks, Daoyu and Dazu Huike are the only explicitly identified disciples of Bodhidharma.

  4. Keizan - Wikipedia

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    His mother was the abbess of a Sōtō monastery, Jōju-ji (成就寺) and was a teacher in her own right. It seems that his mother had a huge influence on him, both as an example of someone who encouraged the teaching of Buddhism to women and through her emphasis on the power of Kannon, the bodhisattva of compassion.

  5. Shoryu Bradley - Wikipedia

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    In 2002, Shoryu was ordained at Austin Zen Center by his teacher Seirin Barbara Kohn, where he practiced until 2004. In 2004, Shoryu went to study with Shōhaku Okumura at the Sanshin Zen Community in Bloomington, Indiana. He also visited and trained at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center near Monterey, California.

  6. Zen organisation and institutions - Wikipedia

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    In Soto, dharma transmission establishes a lifelong relation between teacher and student. To qualify as a Zen priest, further training is required. [web 5] [web 6] [web 7] In Rinzai, the most common form of transmission is the acknowledgement that one has stayed in the monastery for a certain amount of time, and may later become a temple priest ...

  7. Five Mountain System - Wikipedia

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    The term "mountain" in this context means "temple" or "monastery", and was adopted because the traditional name for monastics was mountain monks as many monasteries were built on isolated mountains. The system originated in India and was then adopted by China, later spreading to Japan during the late Kamakura period (1185–1333).

  8. Category:Zen Buddhist monasteries - Wikipedia

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    Zen Mountain Monastery This page was last edited on 21 January 2008, at 07:41 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...

  9. Ensoji il Cerchio - Wikipedia

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    Later, he would be recognised as Zen Master in his lineage by his direct heir, the current abbot of Tosho-ji (東照寺), Tetsujyo Deguchi. "Il Cerchio Enso-ji" is also member of the Italian Buddhist Union (UBI), that collects in a federation the principal buddhist centers in Italy [ 2 ] and of European Buddhist Union (EBU).