''So'tekizan Korinji'' (祖的山光林寺), Korinji for short, is a
Rinzai Zen Buddhist monastery (''sodo'') in the
Upper Midwest region of the
United States near
Madison Madison may refer to:
People
* Madison (name), a given name and a surname
* James Madison (1751–1836), fourth president of the United States
Place names
* Madison, Wisconsin, the state capital of Wisconsin and the largest city known by this ...
,
Wisconsin. The Korinji Foundation, a not-for-profit charitable organization, was founded in 2005 to fund Korinji's construction and to support its future residents. of forested land were purchased by the Foundation for this purpose in 2008.
According to the Korinji website, groundbreaking occurred in June, 2009 and Korinji was officially dedicated on November 3, 2013, with the completion of its training hall.
Meido Moore Roshi Meido may refer to:
* French maid or ''meido'' in Japanese, a popular costume in cosplay
* , Another name for ''Yomi'', sometimes considered similar to ''Ne-no-kuni'' and the '' Sanzu-no-kawa''; the Japanese reading of ''míngtú'', a Buddhist conc ...
, a student of the Rinzai Zen teachers
Tenzan Toyoda Rokoji, Dogen Hosokawa Roshi, and So'zan Miller Roshi, was installed as the first abbot; these teachers all carry the lineage of
Omori Sogen
was a Japanese Rinzai Rōshi, a successor in the Tenryū-ji line of Rinzai Zen, and former president of Hanazono University, the Rinzai university in Kyoto, Japan. He became a priest in 1945.
Biography
Ōmori Sōgen was a teacher of Kashima S ...
Roshi, a well-known
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
ese Zen master who was a successor of the
Tenryu-ji line of Zen. In March 2018 Korinji's residential quarters were completed and the first period of formal monastic training began.
Korinji serves as the headquarters and spiritual center of a larger association of Zen practice groups called
The Rinzai Zen Community
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, with the nearby
Madison Rinzai Zen Community being its primary branch. Other branches are located throughout N. America and in Europe. The monastery also houses Korinji Shugen Dojo, a
Shugendo training center.
See also
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Buddhism in the United States
The term American Buddhism can be used to describe all Buddhist groups within the United States, including Asian Americans, Asian-American Buddhists born into the faith, who comprise the largest percentage of Buddhists in the country.
American Budd ...
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Glossary of Japanese Buddhism
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Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the United States
External links
Korinji Monastery
Asian-American culture in Wisconsin
Zen centers in the United States
Buddhist temples in Wisconsin
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