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==== Jōza (上座) ====

Becoming a Sōtō-Zen priest starts with ''shukke tokudo'' (出家得度).<ref name=Antaiji1 group=web>[http://antaiji.dogen-zen.de/eng/201003.shtml Muho Noelke, ''Part 1: What does it take to become a full-fledged Sōtō-shu priest and is it really worth the whole deal?'']</ref> In this ceremony, the novice receives his outfit ("inner and outer robes, belts, o-kesa, rakusu, kechimyaku (transmission chart) and eating bowls"<ref name=Antaiji1 group=web />) and takes the precepts. One is then an [[Unsui]], a training monk.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} This gives the rank of ''jōza'', except for children under ten years old, who are called ''sami''.<ref name=Antaiji1 group=web />

==== Zagen (座元) ====