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Korinji Rinzai Zen Monastery Wisconsin USA
Korinji Rinzai Zen Monastery


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Forge Your Life
A Buddhist Monastery in the Heartland of North America
A Worldwide Community of Spiritual Friends

KORINJI is a traditional Rinzai Zen Buddhist monastery in Wisconsin, USA. Dedicated in 2013, it serves as the headquarters temple of the international Korinji Rinzai Zen Community.

 

Korinji is also a non-sectarian center for the practice of other Japanese Buddhist traditions and contemplative arts.

 

All are welcome to learn with us regardless of faith or background.​

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Our Practices

Korinji is a unique training center, carrying multiple lineages of profound

Buddhist teachings and serving as a center for the arts.

 

Our work: planting these dynamic practices of self-transformation deeply in

the West, and spreading them out to the world.

Korinji zazen meditation

Rinzai Zen 
Awakening to Your True Nature

Among the most direct of Buddhist practice paths, Rinzai Zen takes as its basis a direct, experiential enlightenment to intrinsic wisdom: the awakening called kensho, "seeing your true nature." 

Korinji Goma

Mikkyo
Esoteric Buddhist Practice

Mikkyo, "secret teaching," refers to the Japanese streams of esoteric Buddhist practice (vajrayana or mantrayana) preserved today primarily in the Shingon and Tendai schools. 

Korinji Shugendo

Shugendo
The Path of the Yamabushi

Shugendo is a 1500 year-old tradition combining esoteric Buddhist practice, Shinto awareness of the sacredness of nature, Daoist teachings, and outdoor asceticism such as mountain pilgrimage.

Korinji tea ceremony

The Arts
Refining the Human Being

The Korinji Center for the Contemplative Arts has been established to promulgate fine arts and physical culture that complement the path of meditation and refine the human being.

Join Us

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Online
Become a Member and Access Resources To Support Your Home Meditation Practice

Korinji's Patreon page has an extensive (and growing) library of digital resources — instructional videos, dharma talks, and more — to support your practice. You can join and gain access to this instantly as a member of Korinji's Rinzai Zen Community. Other online resources for members include our member forum, Zoom meetings, and prayer requests.​​

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Read here about the full range of our online resources.

Retreats & Events
At Korinji and Internationally

Intensive Zen meditation retreats (sesshin) led by Meido Roshi are offered 6 times a year at Korinji, and twice annually in Europe. Many other retreats, seminars, and classes are offered worldwide, including our beginner's Zen Life Retreat, Intro to Zen Days (an open house where you can learn meditation), Shugendo training, ceremonies, and more.​​

Korinji sesshin Zen retreats
Korinji residential monastic practice

Residency &
Ordination
Living and Training Opportunities at Korinji Monastery

Residency at Korinji is open to a small number of persons wishing to devote themselves completely to intensive practice of the Buddhist path. Both lay and ordained trainees (and those wishing to train for ordination) are welcome to apply.

Meditation Groups
Find (or Start) One Near You

Meditation groups affiliated with the Korinji Rinzai Zen Community are active in the Americas and Europe. New groups can arise wherever interested beginners organize to practice together, and Korinji supports their efforts. ​​

Korinji meditation groups
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