臨時 [py] lin2shi2 [wg] lin-shih [ko] rimsi [ja] リンジ rinji ||| Temporary, special, extraordinary, provisional. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

臨濟宗 [py] Lin2ji4 zong1 [wg] Lin-chi tsung [ko] Imje chong [ja] リンザイシュウ Rinzai shuu ||| The Linji zong school of Chinese Chan Buddhism, named after its founder Linji Yixuan 臨濟義玄. The Linji stream of Buddhism was one of the most prosperous in East Asia, enjoying strong popularity in China, Korea and Japan. Although not surviving as a distinct tradition in Korea, it is Imje chong soteriology which ended up dominating the Korean sôn tradition within the Chogye 曹溪 school. In Japan, the Rinzai shuu school, along with the Soutou 曹洞 school, became one of the two major streams of Zen which survive to the present. The Linji school in all three East Asian countries was often characterized by anti-scholarly, iconoclastic attitudes. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

臨濟義玄 [py] Lin2ji4 Yi4xuan2 [wg] Lin-chi I-hsüan [ko] Imje ûihyôn [ja] リンザイギゲン Rinzai Gigen ||| Linji Yixuan(d. 866-7) The ancestor of the so-called Linji school of Chan Buddhism. He was the student and dharma successor to the great master Huangbo xiyun 黄檗希運, and the teacher of Xinghua Congjiang. In the tradition of his dharma-grandfather Mazu Daoyi 馬祖道一, Linji made use of such famous soteriological methods as sudden shouts and blows with the staff. [Credit] acm(entry)

臨濟録 [py] Lin2ji2 lu4 [wg] Lin-chi lu [ko] Imjenok [ja] リンザイロク Rinzai roku ||| The Linji lu; the "Record of Linji." The compiled sayings of Linji Yixuan. 臨濟義玄, T 1985.47.496b-506c. One of the most popular texts in the Ch'an/Sôn/Zen schools of East Asian Buddhism. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

臨門 [py] lin2 men2 [wg] lin-men [ko] rimmun [ja] リンモン rinmon ||| "To face the gate, "to be at the gate." From the discussion in the Huayan Wujiao zhang on the meaning of the parable of the burning house in the Lotus Sutra. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)