The way The "goal" Background Chinese texts Classical Post-classical Contemporary Zen in Japan Seon in Korea Thiền in Vietnam Western Zen A jikijitsu (直日) (Chinese: chih-jih) is the directing monk in charge of every movement of the monks coming to sit zazen in the zendo in a Japanese Zen monastery of the Rinzai School.
Today a monk may be appointed to the position for the duration of a sesshin (possibly more than one consecutive day).
[2] Times during the daily schedule are signalled with wood blocks called han and with gongs, umpans and handbells.
[2] During zazen, the jikijitsu will walk around the zendo wielding a keisaku (a "staff of admonition" or Zen stick, Chinese: ching ts'e),[1] which is used to strike a student's back when they have lost focus.
In the Sōtō school, a student will ask for a blow by placing both palms together in gassho as the jikijitsu walks in front of them.