Hanazono University (花園大学, Hanazono Daigaku) is a private university in Kyoto, Japan that belongs to the Rinzai sect (specifically the Myōshin-ji temple complex, which it is next to). The university and the neighborhood are named for Emperor Hanazono, whose donated his palace to make Myōshin-ji.
It is a major competitor of the Sōtō college in Tokyo known as Komazawa University. Despite the university's sectarian affiliation, the school accepts Soto students.[1] The school operates two research centers important in Zen academia, i.e. the Institute for Zen Studies and the International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism.[2] Founded in 1872 as a seminary for those interested in the priesthood, the university carries on that tradition while offering an education to those uninterested in becoming a priest. The university's president is Dr. Kosan Abe.[3] Former presidents include Eshin Nishimura.
Since 1979, the Institute for Zen Studies has organised together with the Monastic Interreligious Dialogue (DIMMID) the so-called East-West Spiritual Exchanges in which Buddhist and Christian monks or nuns take turns residing for one month in each other’s monasteries.[4]
de Béthune, Pierre François (2020). "Prayer and Hospitality". Dilatato Corde. X (2 - July - December). DIMMID. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
Hisamatsu, Shin'ichi; Gishin Tokiwa; Christopher Ives (2002). Critical Sermons of the Zen Tradition: Hisamatsu's Talks on Linji. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN0-8248-2384-2. OCLC44117857.
Hori, Victor Sōgen (2003). Zen Sand: The Book of Capping Phrases for Kōan Practice. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN0-8248-2284-6. OCLC50590697.
Smyers, Karen Ann (1999). The Fox and the Jewel: Shared and Private Meanings in Contemporary Japanese Inari Worship. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN0-8248-2102-5. OCLC231775156.
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