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{{quote|Zui means "auspicious", se is "the world". Originally, it seems that it meant the same as shusse, i.e. to get promoted to an office, to make a carrier step. Maybe it can also be interpreted as "to make an auspicious announcement to the whole world" or something along those lines.<ref name=Antaiji4 group=web>[http://antaiji.dogen-zen.de/eng/adult49.shtml Muho Noelke, ''Part 4: Zui-se - abbot for the night'']</ref>}}

''Zuise'' is also called ''ichiya-no-jûshokujūshoku'', "abbot for one night".<ref name=Antaiji4 group=web /> In this ceremony, one is "abbot for one night". The ceremony has to be done at both [[Eihei-ji]] and [[SojiSōji-ji]], the main temples of the Sotō-shu, within the timespan of one month.<ref name=Antaiji4 group=web /> After ''zuise'' one becomes an ''Oshō'', "priest" or "teacher".

====Dai-Oshō====