Rinzai school - 2023 ACF Nationals

Question

A Japanese saying claims that this tradition is “for the Shogun,” while a rival tradition is “for the peasants.” For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this Japanese Zen school founded by Eisai (“AY-sigh”). It focuses on the contemplation of kōans, unlike the Sōtō and Ōbaku schools.

ANSWER: Rinzai school [or Rinzai-shū]

[10e] Rinzai’s founder Eisai is credited with introducing this good to Japan. This good is the subject of an aesthetic treatise by Okakura Kakuzō, which discusses the meaning imbued in the ornate ceremony for preparing it.

ANSWER: tea [or ocha; accept The Book of Tea or Cha no Hon]

[10h] Ichibata Yakushi Kyōdan, a spin-off of Rinzai, places special emphasis on prayers of this type offered to the Medicine Buddha. This term refers to prayers for things like success and health rather than afterlife rewards. You may give the Japanese term or one of its common translations.

ANSWER: genze riyaku [or this-worldly benefits; or practical benefits]

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2023 ACF Nationals	04/22/2023	Y	22	13.18	100%	32%	0%

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Chicago C	Florida B	10	10	20
Ohio State A	McGill A	10	10	20
Houston A	Rutgers A	0	10	10
Claremont A	NYU A	0	10	10
Harvard A	Chicago A	0	10	10
Minnesota A	Maryland A	0	10	10
Imperial A	North Carolina A	0	10	10
Vanderbilt A	Penn A	0	10	10
Stanford A	Brown A	0	10	10
Yale A	Texas A	0	10	10
Yale B	South Carolina A	0	10	10
Florida A	Columbia B	10	10	20
Cornell A	Johns Hopkins A	10	10	20
Michigan A	Penn State A	10	10	20
UC Berkeley B	Rutgers B	0	10	10
Columbia A	WUSTL B	0	10	10
Northwestern A	Minnesota B	10	10	20
Indiana A	Purdue A	0	10	10
WUSTL A	Toronto A	10	10	20
MIT A	Duke A	0	10	10
UC Berkeley A	Chicago B	0	10	10
Iowa State A	Virginia A	0	10	10