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==Sanbo Kyodan==

The [[Sanbo Kyodan]] mixesis a lay lineage mixing Soto and Rinzai-elements.{{sfn|Sharf|1995-C}} Students in this school follow the [[Kōan#Sanbo Kyodan|Harada-Yasutani koan curriculum]], in which great emphasis is placed on [[kensho]], the initial insight into one's true nature.{{sfn|Sharf|1995-C|p=430-431}} Having attained kensho is publicly acknowledged in a ''jahai''-ceremony.{{sfn|Sharf|1995-C|p=430}} After working through the Harada-Yasutani koan curriculum, which may take as short as five years,{{sfn|Sharf|1995-C|p=432}} the student receives a calligraphy testifying that he or she "has finished the great matter".{{sfn|Sharf|1995-C|p=432}} This is publicly acknowledged in the ''hasansai''-ceremony, giving the status of ''hasan''.{{sfn|Sharf|1995-C|p=432}}

The Sanbo Kyodan has two levels of teaching authority, namely ''junshike'' ("associate zen master"), and ''shōshike'' ("authentic zen master").{{sfn|Sharf|1995-C|p=432}} Junshikes can give dokusan, authorize kensho, and supervise part of the koan-study. Shoshikes can supervise the advanced koan-study, and perform religious ceremonies, such as the precept-ceremony and wedding ceremonies.{{sfn|Sharf|1995-C|p=433}}

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The process toward gaining these titles has seen some variations within the Sanbo Kyodan. ''Hasansai'' may be preparatory to the ''junshike''-title, but may also be the promotion to this title. And promotion to ''shoshike'' may be preparatory to dharma transmission, but may also be equivalent to it.{{sfn|Sharf|1995-C|p=433}}

In dharma transmission, the student receives the ''sanmotsu'', akinin toa lay version of the Soto shiho ceremony.{{sfn|Sharf|1995-C|p=433}} This is coupled with the Rinzai notion on ''inka''.{{sfn|Sharf|1995-C|p=433}} In Rinzai, only studentsordained priests who have completed the complete Rinzai koan curriculum and "are eligible to serve as ''sōdō'' roshi,{{sfn|Sharf|1995-C|p=433}} that is, master of a training hall, in distinction from a common temple, receive inka. In the Sanbo Kyodan, ''inka'' is derived from Harada's Rinzai master Dokutan Sōsan.{{sfn|Sharf|1995-C|p=433}}

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