Shōdō Harada
Shōdō Harada ( Japanese 原田 正道 , Harada Shōdō ; * 1940 ) is a Japanese Zen master . He is a representative of the Rinzai School and successor to Yamada Mumon (1900–88).
Harada entered the Shofukuji Monastery in Kobe at the age of 22 . In 1982 he received his teaching permit and became head of the Sogenji Monastery in Okayama , where he has been teaching mainly foreign students ever since. Harada looks after Zen groups in various countries, for example in the USA, Mexico, India, Italy, Denmark, Poland, Lithuania, Switzerland and Germany. Once a year Shodo Harada Roshi comes to the Zen monastery Hokuozan Sogenji, Asendorf, to lead a week of intensive Zen practice.
Hokuozan Sogenji was founded by Shodo Harada Roshi and is the European center of the One-Drop Zendo line. Shodo Harada Roshi has appointed his long-time student ShoE as abbess, who previously lived and practiced with him in Sogenji Monastery for 20 years.
Works (selection)
- Shodo Harada: The way to Bodhidharma. Angkor Verlag, ISBN 3936018065
Web links
- Literature by and about Shōdō Harada in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website Onedropzendo Stuttgart
- Website Onedropzendo Munich
- Website Zen Group Hamburg
- Hokuozan Sogenji Zen Monastery site
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Harada, Shōdō |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese Zen master |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1940 |