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RoshiRoshi (老師) is a 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. The equivalent Chinese term, lǎoshi (simplified: 老师) is used in modern Chinese in a much more limited sense, normally meaning simply an ordinary teacher. Among zen students in the West, the term has been associated with controversy and scandal, where several well-known 'roshis' have been accused of abusing their role, or, alternatively, zen students have been too naive and guilty of uncritical psychological projection http://www.darkzen.com/Articles/Richard_Baker_and_the_Myth_of_the_Zen_Roshi.htm.
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