Linji was a Chan (Zen) Master who lived in 9th Century China. He was known for his iconoclastic ways, “Meet the Buddha, Kill the Buddha!” he would say. His clear presentations of the dharma included shouts and blows, anything to loosen a person’s grip on things, all designed to open the heart to reality as-it-is, right here and now. Of course, he is the founder of one of the great schools of Zen, the Linji School, or in Japanese the Rinzai School, with its emphasis on awakeni