Japanese school of Rinzai Zen Buddhism.

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Information on our School, its teachers, publications, zen centers, and retreats.

Established in 1956 to assist the Buddhist scholar D.T. Suzuki in his efforts to introduce Zen to the West. In 1965 it came under the leadership of a Japanese Zen monk, Eido Tai Shimano, who shifted the emphasis towards zazen (Zen meditation) practice.