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Points of Departure: Zen Buddhism With a Rinzai View

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Fundamental Philosophies and Theories

When formal Zen practice began in earnest in this country in the sixties, the Rinzai Zen emphasis on the attainment of enlightenment-experience (kensho) served as the dominant model of practice. More recently, it would seem that Soto Zen has become the more dominant school, in part because of its deemphasis of kenshoand its emphasis on the fact of original enlightenment...

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