Certifications
Rinzai Zen certifications conferred within the Korinji Rinzai Zen Community by Meido Moore Roshi,
as recorded in the lineage records maintained at Korinji.
Names are added as certifications are awarded. Note that specific permissions granted may vary from person to person.
Please contact us if you have questions regarding authorization from Korinji or Meido Roshi.
Meditation Group Leaders
Lay practitioners active in Korinji's community for two or more years who are formal students of Meido Roshi (having done shoken), have taken refuge (zaike tokudo/jukai), and attended several intensive 7-day retreats (Dai-Sesshin). They have received training to instruct the foundational meditation method (susokukan), conduct group meditation sessions, lead chanting practice, and organize or assist with meditation groups affiliated with Korinji. Ongoing ertification status is contingent upon continued training in our community.
Shikan Friedrich, USA
Jishin Ginther, USA
Sodo Hutchison, USA
Gyoshi Taylor, Puerto Rico
Daigen Walz, USA
Examinations currently being conducted; updates coming soon
Nyudo: Lay Ordination
"Nyudo" means "Entering the Way." These are senior lay practitioners active in Korinji's community for 10 years or more, who along with the training detailed above have received additional precepts and taken up the responsibility of mentoring others. Ongoing lay ordination status is contingent upon continued training for one's whole life.
Myoen Ciucci, Switzerland
E'shin Simon, Switzerland
Shukke Tokudo: Priest Ordination
Shami: Novice Priests-in-Training
Shami have begun the work of establishing solid foundations of practice and service to others, while studying the forms and duties of Zen priesthood. Omgoing novice ordination status is contingent upon continued training toward full ordination.
Gendo Zezulinski, USA
Jushoku: Fully Ordained Priests (Osho)
Jushoku are experienced priests empowered to lead a temple or Zen center affiliated with Korinji, where they may provide ceremonial services, instruct foundational practices, and give dharma talks. An honorific used for such persons is Osho, "preceptor" or "teacher." Ongoing full ordination status is contingent upon continued training for one's whole life.
Mugen Adler Osho, Denmark
Genryo Jones Osho, USA
Tendo Schröder Osho, Germany
Shoko Schulze Osho, USA
Anzan Stahl Osho, Germany
Inka Shomei: Dharma Transmission
Persons who have received mind seal: recognition by Meido Roshi as heirs of his Rinzai Zen lineage. Inka by itself is not teacher certification, but is one of the requirements for it. Unlike the others on this page, inka is not an organizational recognition but a purely personal one. It signifies – and rests upon – close teacher-student relationship, and lifelong mutual commitment as joined "links" in the historical chain of lineage holders. Ongoing validity of inka shomei is contingent upon completion of the required years of post-inka training (sanzen) with the teacher, subsequently receiving the final oral instructions (kuden) of our lineage that seal transmission, and continued training for one's whole life.
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Lay Dharma Teachers (Rokoji)
Lay practitioners who hold valid inka shomei and have additionally been authorized to guide students of their own. An honorific used for such persons is Rokoji, "venerable layperson." Ongoing validity of teacher certification is contingent upon completion of a subsequent probationary teacher training period of three years during which the oral instructions (kuden) of our lineage connected to teaching are imparted, and continued training thereafter for one's whole life.
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Shike (Roshi)
Priests who hold valid inka shomei and have additionally been authorized to guide students of their own. An honorific used for such persons is Roshi, "venerable teacher." Ongoing validity of teacher certification is contingent upon completion of a subsequent probationary teacher training period of three years during which the oral instructions (kuden) of our lineage connected to teaching are imparted, and continued training thereafter for one's whole life.
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