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I would like to talk about the true meaning of the word “teacher” in the tradition of Soto-shu.”
This is because I have once received a proposal that “I would like to become a teacher of Zen but not a religious.” I was surprised by these words. Because there is a quite different meaning for “teacher” between our tradition and the normal school. The word “teacher” is often used in many translations of books written by Dogen Zenji. For example, Shohaku OKUMURA Roshi at Sanshin-Ji in the Indiana State ...