Definition of "roshi" [roshi]

• The spiritual leader of a group of Zen Buddhists. (noun)

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• "Can a lad sometimes regarded as bad by his father, by a Catholic priest, by the Army, and by the Drug Enforcement Administration transform in the middle of life's path into a Zen roshi and reinvent his tradition in ways that impress the brainy Ken Wilber, Mr. Integral?"
• "Joan is a Zen Buddhist roshi, anthropologist, ecologist, civil rights activist, hospice caregiver, and the author of several books on Buddhism and spirituality."
• "This looks GREAT way better den expected. im glad dey kept master roshi a perve lol and goku looks kool wit dat pole bulma sexy as hell but im def seeing dis"