> Overall there is no Buddhist lineage over a century old that I'm aware of that has its primary focus on meditation. Do you mean specifically in Japan? Becaus

> Overall there is no Buddhist lineage over a century old that I'm aware of that has its primary focus on meditation. Do you mean specifically in Japan? Because many of the Tibetan lineages have Dzogchen [1] or Mahamudra [2] meditation as their primary focus and go back a thousand plus years. There are even lineages of householder or itinerant yogis called Ngagpa [3] that have long traditions of meditation training, going back to Tilopa, Saraha, and the other Mahasiddhas of Bengal. I practice with a Tibetan Ngagpa from time to time (Dr Nida) [4] and have also gotten a chance to practice with a Baul teacher from modern Bengal [5], and it's interesting to note how even though the lineages have split in their outward appearances, there are quite a lot of similarities in their teaching of meditation. Anyway, that's all to say that in many Tibetan Buddhist lineages the meditation practice has been an unbroken, primary focus of the teachings. It wouldn't be surprising if that wasn't the case in other traditions. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzogchen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzogchen [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahamudra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahamudra [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngagpa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngagpa [4] https://perfumedskull.com/2017/05/30/the-white-robed-dreadlocked-community-dr-nida-chenagtsangs-introduction-to-and-defense-of-the-ngakpa-tradition/ https://perfumedskull.com/2017/05/30/the-white-robed-dreadlo... [5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JZ4__GTbjA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JZ4__GTbjA -- here Parvathy Ma is performing a doha attributed to Bhusuku aka Shantideva and is referencing the burning Nalanda.