Japan
There is no standard official title for "Zen Master" across the various Zen traditions in Japan. Various titles may be used:
- "Shike" is used for a select group of people, both in Rinzai and Soto, who are qualified to supervise the training of priests-to-be in the sodos, the training halls.
- "Rōshi" ("old teacher") is traditionally an honorific title given to older monks and Zen teachers in Japan, though both "sensei" and "roshi" have come to denote official or semi-official ranks within some Zen schools in Japan, the United States and Europe.
- "Sensei" (simply "teacher") is often applied in addressing the Zen teacher or "master".
- "Oshō", "virtuous monk/priest" is used for trainees who have acquired a basic level of priesthood.
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