Buddhist ranks and titles

• Chôrô - one of a number of titles for the head of a temple

• Dai-ajari or Azari - the chief expounder of a sect's doctrine

• Hôgen 法眼 - lit. "eye of the law," a title also granted to physicians

• Hôin 法印 - lit. "seal of the law," a title also granted to artists

• Hôshi 法師 - lit. "teacher of the law," a title granted posthumously to Buddhist priests

• Hôshinnô 法親王 - lit. "prince of the law," a title held by Imperial princes who have taken the tonsure

• Monzeki 門跡 - an imperial prince who is the abbot of a temple, or, a temple headed by an imperial prince

• Nyûdô 入道 - a lay-monk or lay-nun; someone who has taken the tonsure in retirement

• Sôjô 僧正 - one of the highest ranks of Buddhist priests, corresponding to a privy councilor

• Zôsu - the priest ranking next just below the head of a temple

References

• Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), Told Round a Brushwood Fire, University of Tokyo Press (1979), 318-324.