Hanazono University

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Hanazono University (花園大学, Hanazono Daigaku^?) is a private university located in Kyoto, Japan that belongs to the Rinzai sect, a major competitor of the Soto college in Tokyo known as Komazawa University. Despite the university's sectarian affiliation, the school does also accept Soto students as well.^[1] The school operates two research centers important in Zen academia, i.e. the Institute for Zen Studies and the International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism.^[2] Founded in 1872 as a seminary for those interested in the priesthood, today the university carries on that tradition while also offering an education to those uninterested in becoming a priest. The current president is Dr. Kosan Abe.[1]

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[edit] References

• Hisamatsu, Shin'ichi; Gishin Tokiwa; Christopher Ives (2002). Critical Sermons of the Zen Tradition: Hisamatsu's Talks on Linji. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0824823842. 
• Hori, Victor Sōgen (2003). Zen Sand: The Book of Capping Phrases for Kōan Practice. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0824822846. 
• Smyers, Karen Ann. The Fox and the Jewel: Shared and Private Meanings in Contemporary Japanese Inari Worship. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0824821025. 

[edit] External links

• http://www.hanazono.ac.jp/english/

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