臨りん済ざい宗しゅう

noun

Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism

One of the major Japanese Zen sects, emphasizing kōan practice and sudden enlightenment.

• 臨りん済ざい宗しゅうは鎌かま倉くら時じ代だいに中ちゅう国ごくから伝つたわった。

  The Rinzai school was introduced from China during the Kamakura period.

• 彼かれは臨りん済ざい宗しゅうの僧そう侶りょです。

  He is a monk of the Rinzai school.