Certifications
Rinzai Zen certifications conferred by Meido Moore Roshi, as recorded in the lineage records maintained at Korinji.
These are the only persons certified by Meido Roshi. 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 certification status is contingent upon continued training in our community, and committment to daily practice.​​
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Seishin Holly Bobula, USA
Shikan Tom Friedrich, USA
Jishin Alyssa Ginther, USA
Jishin Nora Helbing, Switzerland
Sodo Liam Hutchison, USA
Gendo Philipp Keller, Switzerland
Lynn Litterer, USA
Mike Rosing, USA
Doshin David Smith, USA
Daigen Clint Walz, USA
Jiko Ruth Zimmermann-Duss, Switzerland
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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 training as Meditation Group Leaders have received additional precepts and taken up the responsibility of mentoring others. A document is given as proof of Nyudo certification. Ongoing lay ordination status is contingent upon continued training for one's whole life.
Myoen Nicole Ciucci, Switzerland
E'shin Lilian Simon, Switzerland
Shukke Tokudo: Priest Ordination
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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. A document is given as proof of ordination. Ongoing novice ordination status is contingent upon continued training toward full ordination.
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Gyoshi Taylor, Puerto Rico
Gendo Zezulinski, USA​​
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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." A document is given as proof. Ongoing full ordination status is contingent upon continued training for one's whole life.
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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 certifications above, inka and the ones that follow are not organizational recognitions but purely personal ones. They signify – and rest upon – close teacher-student relationship, and lifelong mutual commitment as joined "links" in the historical chain of lineage holders. Several documents are given with inka that serve as its proof, and the permission to enter post-inka training. Ongoing validity of inka shomei is contingent upon completion of the required years of that post-inka training (sanzen) with the teacher, then 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 as detailed above, have additionally completed a subsequent probationary teacher training period during which the oral instructions (kuden) connected to teaching and sanzen are imparted, and have then been authorized to guide students of their own. Teachers in our lineage are expected to not only arrive at stabilized insight through Zen practice, but also to embody the principles of the unique training structure handed down from Omori Sogen Roshi: Zen-Ken-Sho.An honorific used for such persons is Rokoji, "venerable layperson." At the time of this certification a document is given that serves a proof. Ongoing validity of teacher certification is contingent upon continued training thereafter for one's whole life.
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Shike (Roshi)
Priests who hold valid inka shomei as detailed above, have additionally completed a subsequent probationary teacher training period during which the oral instructions (kuden) connected to teaching and sanzen are imparted, and have then been authorized to guide students of their own. eachers in our lineage are expected to not only arrive at stabilized insight through Zen practice, but also to embody the principles of the unique training structure handed down from Omori Sogen Roshi: Zen-Ken-Sho. An honorific used for such persons is Roshi, "venerable teacher;" at the time of this certification a document is given revealing a final dharma name (shitsugo) that serves as its proof. Ongoing validity of teacher certification is contingent upon continued training thereafter for one's whole life.
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