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Interview · The New School at Commonweal · 2025The Way of the Buddha: A Conversation with Michael Lerner

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The Way of the Buddha: A Conversation with Michael Lerner

In conversation with Commonweal's Michael Lerner, Harada Roshi discusses the Buddhist path and performs a calligraphy demonstration, his Japanese remarks interpreted into English by his longtime translator.

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Rinzai lineage · Sōgen-ji

Shodo Harada Roshi

Abbot of Sōgen-ji monastery in Okayama, Japan, teaching in the Rinzai Zen tradition since receiving inka from Yamada Mumon Roshi in 1983.

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Direct meditative practice, zazen and everyday awareness in traditions rooted in Chinese Chan and its later forms.

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