Rinzai

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A school of Zen buddhism in Japan, based on sudden enlightenment though koans and for that reason also known as the "sudden school".

Word forms

Rinzai

Etymology

From Japanese 臨済.

Related words

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