Master - Doshi

Japanese: 導師 - どうし
Master - Doshi

A chanter. Originally it meant a teacher who guides people from the wrong path to the right path, a monk who leads all living beings to the Buddhist path, or a Buddha or Bodhisattva. By extension, it refers to a monk who leads the monks in a Buddhist memorial service and presides over the service, sitting in front and playing a central role in carrying out the ceremony. It also refers to a monk who confesses and recites the ritual text in ceremonies such as the Kannon repentance ceremony. In Zen temples, it can also refer to the role of a Vinaya priest who sits at the head of the ceremony, begins chanting the sutras, and leads the monks in reciting the sutras.

[Rikiyama Ishikawa]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

唱導師のこと。元来は人を迷道から善道に導く師、衆生(しゅじょう)を仏道に誘引する教化(きょうげ)者、または仏・菩薩(ぼさつ)のこと。転じて、仏教の法要儀礼に際し、衆僧を率いてその法要を主宰し、正面拝席(はいせき)についてその儀礼を中心となって執行する僧。また、観音懺法(かんのんせんぼう)などの儀礼で、祭文(さいもん)を表白(ひょうびゃく)宣読する役の僧。禅宗寺院では、法会の首座にあって経文を唱え始め、衆僧の誦経(じゅきょう)を導く維那(いの)の役を意味することもあった。

[石川力山]

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