Linji school

The Línjì school (Chinese: 臨濟宗; pinyin: Línjǐ zōng) is a school of Chan Buddhism named after Linji Yixuan (d. 866). It took prominence in Song China (960–1279), spread to Japan as the Rinzai school and influenced the nine mountain schools of Korean Seon.

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