Ajari
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Ajari (阿闍梨) is a Japanese term that is used in various schools of Buddhism in Japan , specifically Tendai and Shingon,[1] in reference to a "senior monk who teaches students; often abbreviated to jari. The term is a Japanese rendering of the Chinese transliteration for the Sanskrit "âcârya," one who knows and teaches the rules."[2] In the Sōtō tradition, this title is used in reference to any monk that has completed five ango—a way of demonstrating respect and reverence for them.[2]
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- Baroni, Helen J. (2002). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Zen Buddhism. The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc.. ISBN 0-8239-2240-5. OCLC 42680558.
- Fischer-Schreiber, Ingrid; Schuhmacher, Stephan; Woerner, Gert (1989). The Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion: Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Zen. Shambhala Publications. ISBN 0-87773-980-3. https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780877739807.
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