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==Rinzai==
At [[Myōshin-ji]], two kinds of ranking systems are being used to rank ''sōryo'' ("a member of the educated clergy, a priest, as opposed to a monk"{{sfn|Borup|2008|p=54}}, namely the ''hokay'' (dharma rank) and the ''Tokyū''-class system.{{sfn|Borup|2008}}
The ''hokay'' (dharma rank) system is used to denote ranks in the Buddhist clerical career hierarchy. It has fourteen ranks and titles, starting with the ''shami'' rank.{{sfn|Borup|2008|p=57}} Ordination into the Rinza-school takes place through the [[jukai]].
After finishing the koan-study, further practice is necessary:
{{quote|[I]t would take 10 years to solve all the kôans [...] in the sôdô. After the student has solved all koans, he can leave the sôdô and live on his own, but he is still not considered a roshi. For this he has to complete another ten years of training, called "go-go-no-shugyô" in Japanese. Literally, this means "practice after satori/enlightenment", but [[Keido Fukushima|Fukushima]] preferred the translation "special practice". Fukushima would explain that the student builds up a "religious personality" during this decade. I would say it is a kind of period that functions to test if the student is actually able to live in regular society and apply his koan understanding to daily life, after he has lived in an environment that can be quite surreal and detached from the lives of the rest of humanity. Usually, the student lives in small parish temple during this decade, not in a formal training monastery.<ref name=Antaiji10 group=web>[http://antaiji.dogen-zen.de/eng/adult50.shtml Muho Noelke, ''Part 10: What does it take to become a full-fledged Soto-shu priest and is it really worth the whole deal?'']</ref>}}
The ''Tokyū''-class system is a teacher-grade system. Up to the second grade, progressing takes place through taking exams, or through ''mushiken kentei'', authorization without examination. Age, seniority, amount of practice in the sodo, and educational level play a part in this authorization:{{sfn|Borup|2008|p=57}}
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