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  2. Zen organisation and institutions - Wikipedia

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    Its Japanese background is in mainly lay-oriented new religious movements, especially the Sanbo Kyodan. Though a number of zen-buddhist monasteries exist in the western world, most practice takes place in Zen centers throughout the western world. Koné sees three issues in the emerging western Zen tradition: sustainability, legitimacy, and ...

  3. Japanese Zen - Wikipedia

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    See also Zen for an overview of Zen, Chan Buddhism for the Chinese origins, and Sōtō, Rinzai and Ōbaku for the three main schools of Zen in Japan. Japanese Zen refers to the Japanese forms of Zen Buddhism, an originally Chinese Mahāyāna school of Buddhism that strongly emphasizes dhyāna, the meditative training of awareness and equanimity. [1]

  4. All Japan Iaidō Federation - Wikipedia

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    The All Japan Iaido Federation was founded in 1948, and recognized officially as an organization with the Japanese Government in 1954. In 1956, the ZNIR established 全日本居合道連盟刀法 (Zen Nippon Iaidō Renmei Tōhō) in an effort to unify practitioners and create a common set to fairly grade each practitioner from varying styles.

  5. Sōtō - Wikipedia

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    Dōgen is remembered today as the ancestor of Sōtō Zen in Japan along with Keizan Jōkin. [2] [3] With about 14,000 temples, Sōtō is one of the largest Japanese Buddhist organizations. [4] [a] Sōtō Zen is now also popular in the West, and in 1996 priests of the Sōtō Zen tradition formed the Soto Zen Buddhist Association based in North ...

  6. All Japan Young Buddhist Association - Wikipedia

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    The All Japan Young Buddhist Association (JYBA; Japanese: 全日本仏教青年会 Zen Nippon Bukkyō Seinen Kai) is a Japanese youth organization which unites various traditional Buddhist sects (dentō bukkyō) across 20,000 temples throughout the country. [1]

  7. Zenshuji Soto Misson - Wikipedia

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    Zenshuji follows the 2,500-year-old teachings of Gautama Buddha as passed down by Koso Dogen Zenji (1200–1253) and Taiso Keizan Zenji (1268–1325) who are recognized as the founding patriarchs of Soto Zen. The essence of Soto Zen was transmitted during the Kamakura period in Japan approximately eight hundred years ago by Dogen Zenji.

  8. Ōbaku - Wikipedia

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    Ōbaku Zen or the Ōbaku school (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 founded in Japan by the Chinese monk Ingen Ryūki , who immigrated to Japan during the Manchu conquest of China in the 17th century.

  9. Eihei-ji - Wikipedia

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    It is in communion with all Japanese Soto Zen temples, and some temples in America, including the San Francisco Zen Center. Fukuyama Taiho Zenji is the head priest or abbot, who oversees trainees at Eihei-ji, and also serves as the head priest of Sotoshu (the Sōtō school of Zen) for two years beginning late January 2012. Head priests at Eihei ...