Meditation in Rinzai

The Rinzai tradition emphasises the sudden approach to enlightenment

• The sudden, instantaneous insight into enlightenment is called 'wu' in Chinese and 'satori' in Japanese
  • Satori has been likened to the shattering of a block of ice and as a mystical experience of great unity, peace, a feeling of really knowing the truth, of having transcended time and space, and experiencing a higher state of consciousness that is impossible to put into words
• Many Rinzai methods aim to…