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Sects

The two main sects of Zen are Rinzai Zen and Soto Zen. The Soto seems to put more emphasis on the discipline of zazen, while the Rinzai sect makes use of meditation problems (Japanese koan) based on the dialogues (Japanese mondo), similar to the example mentioned previously, between the old masters and their students. Students are expected to present their understanding of an incident to the teacher in some nonverbal direct form (by pointing, for example), in a private interview called in Japanese sanzen.