Nanyin Shourou

Nanyin Shourou was a Rinzai Zen master who maintained the tradition's practices in Japan. He contributed to the training of monks and the preservation of the Rinzai school's meditation and koan practices.

Shourou's role in the Rinzai succession reflects the tradition's steady maintenance of practice standards. The school's ability to produce genuine practitioners and teachers across many generations depends on the faithful preservation of its methods by teachers like Shourou.