The name given to a Zen master of a monastery, one who gives Zen instruction to pupil-monks. A Zen guide.
Old Teacher, mode of addressing a Zen master.
(Japanese) The Zen master of a monastery who takes the pupil monks in San-Zen and gives them Zen instruction.
(Japanese): "venerable (spiritual) teacher"; a Zen Master.
lit, "old teacher", Japanese, a Zen master
The Zen monastic master. Roughly synonymous with shike. scroll up
Japanese word, common in Zen Buddhism, meaning "old" (ro) and "teacher" (shi). Roshi can be used as a term of respect, as in the Rinzai school; as a simple reference to actual age, as in the Soto school; or it can mean a teacher who has transmitted knowledge to, and thus "given birth" to, a new teacher.