Madison Rinzai Zen - Ryugenji 龍源寺

04/03/2026

04/03/2026

Upcoming Spring Events at Korinji:

https://mailchi.mp/korinji/upcoming-spring-events

04/03/2026

03/29/2026

Great group today in Madison!

03/27/2026

Monthly Kogetsu Enshu-ryu Zen Sado practice at Korinji tomorrow. Let's do tea shugyo together! Calendar link in bio.

03/27/2026

Taigensuiho: a ritual performed for the well-being of one's nation, and the transformation (or suppression) of deluded persons who threaten it.

Taigensui (Atavaka) is mentioned in the sutras as a powerful, wrathful being who committed great evil until he was converted by the Buddha. This conversion was brought about when he asked these questions of the Buddha, who answered as follows:

1) What is a person’s highest wealth?
Conviction is a person's highest wealth.

2) What when well-practiced, brings bliss?
Dharma, when well-practiced, brings bliss.

3) What is the highest of savors?
Truth is the highest of savors.

4) Living in what way is one’s life called the best?
Living with discernment, one's life is called best.

5) How does one cross over the flood [of craving, false views, and ignorance]?
Through conviction one crosses over the flood.

6) How does one cross over the ocean [of birth and death]?
Through heedfulness, one crosses over the ocean.

7) How does one overcome suffering and stress?
Through persistence one overcomes suffering and stress.

8) How is a person purified?
Through discernment a person is purified.

9) How does one gain discernment?
Convinced of the arhats’ Dharma for attaining unbinding,—heedful, observant—one gains discernment by listening well.

10) How does one find wealth?
Doing what is fitting, enduring burdens, one with initiative finds wealth.

11) How does one attain honor?
Through truth one attains honor.

12) How does one bind friends to oneself?
Giving binds friends to oneself.

13) Passing from this world to the next world, how does one not grieve?
Endowed with these four qualities,—truth, self-control, stamina, relinquishment —a householder of conviction, on passing away, does not grieve.

03/25/2026

Added to a wall in our training hall. The line down the middle is an aid for generally checking posture, and also kamae/cutting in swordsmanship.

03/25/2026

Getting ready for a busy spring. Stay tuned!