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 | | In a very traditional manner, Joshu serves as roshi, or "venerable spiritual teacher." His "function is to guide and inspire his students along the path to self-realization" (Kapleau 1965, 342). |
 | | Joshu Roshi is a roshi in the traditional sense of one who had mastered the Dharma so that it is a part of him, so that he is able to lead others to master the Dharma in the same way. |
 | | There was a suggestion made that, because of Joshu's background in which his training began in the early part of this century, he maintains traditional standards with a rigor no longer practiced in Japan, and so seems old-fashioned to the younger members of the school that sent him out. |
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