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Roshi

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dogennoun
senseinounA martial arts instructor; especially one for a Japanese martial art.
rinzainounA school of Zen buddhism in Japan, based on sudden enlightenment though koans and for that reason also known as the "sudden school".
zendonounA hall at a Zen buddhist monastery where formal seated meditation (zazen) is practiced.
zenjinoun
sanghanounThe Buddhist congregation including laypersons and the "religious" (renunciate monks and nuns who have taken vows).
rinpochenoun(Tibetan Buddhism) A title warranting great respect, prefixed to the names of Tibetan Buddhists.
koannoun(Zen Buddhism) A story about a Zen master and his student, sometimes like a riddle, other times like a fable or parable, which has become an object of Zen study, and which, when meditated upon, may unlock mechanisms in the Zen student’s mind leading to satori.
doshinounA surname from Albanian.
kesanounA robe worn by Buddhist monks and nuns.
zazennoun(Buddhism) A form of seated meditation in Zen Buddhism.
buddhanounSiddhartha Gautama, the Nepali prince and Indian philosopher and teacher who founded Buddhism.
dharmanoun(Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) The natural order of the universe; natural law, cosmic order.
daishinoun(written: 大志 or 大士) a masculine Japanese given name.
panditanounAlternative form of pandit. [(India, Nepal) An honorary title for a learned man or scholar.]
sesshinnoun(Buddhism) A period of intensive zazen meditation in a Buddhist monastery.
gasshonounA ritual gesture of Eastern origin, with hands pressed together in front of the chest. It can be used for prayer or as a sign of greeting, gratitude, reverence, or apology. When performed with a bow, it is called gassho rei.
oshonounA religious and spiritual leader from India.
hinayananoun(Buddhism) Theravada Buddhism.
mahayananoun(Buddhism) One of the two primary branches of Buddhism that emerged around the 1st century BCE, which accepts non-Pali canon scriptures, and emphasizes the path of bodhisattva.

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