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Oshō (和尚) is a Buddhist priest (in charge of a temple); [1] honorific title of preceptor or high priest (especially in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism). The same kanji are also pronounced kashō as an honorific title of preceptor or high priest in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism and wajō as an honorific title of preceptor or high priest in Shingon, Hossō, Ritsu, or Shin Buddhism.
Buddhist honorifics and titles; Role Description ... Presbyter is the official name of the ministers commonly called 'priest'; persons ordained to the presbyterate ...
A bhikkhu (Pali: भिक्खु, Sanskrit: भिक्षु, romanized: bhikṣu) is an ordained male in Buddhist monasticism. [1] Male, and female monastics , are members of the Sangha (Buddhist community). [2] The lives of all Buddhist monastics are governed by a set of rules called the prātimokṣa or pātimokkha. [1]
This is a list of notable Buddhists, encompassing all the major branches of the religion (i.e. in Buddhism), and including interdenominational and eclectic Buddhist practitioners. This list includes both formal teachers of Buddhism , and people notable in other areas who are publicly Buddhist or who have espoused Buddhism.
Half of the jūshoku (priests) connected to Myōshin-ji stayed there less than two years, and 10% even shorter than one year. [8] The stay at the monastery is meant to learn the skills and social role necessary to function as a priest: [T]he goal of Zen is not simply an inner state of tranquility but the social reconstruction of the self" [11]
Women Buddhist priests (10 P) Z. Zen Buddhist priests (48 P) Pages in category "Buddhist priests" This category contains only the following page.
Bill Eidson, known by his Shingon Buddhist priest name as Eijun, stands outside the Shingon Buddhist International Institute building on Nees Avenue near Millbrook in north Fresno on Thursday ...
Pages in category "Zen Buddhist priests" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Marc Anderson;