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.
View teacher profile →← Back to Watch
More in Zen View teacher
Interview · The New School at Commonweal · 2025The Way of the Buddha: A Conversation with Michael Lerner
59 minContext
About this film
In conversation with Commonweal's Michael Lerner, Harada Roshi discusses the Buddhist path and performs a calligraphy demonstration, his Japanese remarks…
InterviewZen
Share what stayed with you.
Please keep it respectful. Share your own experience rather than opinions about the teacher, the tradition or other people. Reflections that don't follow this may be removed.
Teacher
Meet Shodo Harada Roshi.
Same path, different voice
Explore Zen through another teacher or perspective.
Continue with Shodo Harada Roshi
More films and teachings from Shodo Harada Roshi.
Path
The wider context.
◎
Zazen & everyday awareness
Zen
Direct meditative practice, zazen and everyday awareness in traditions rooted in Chinese Chan and its later forms.
Explore the path →A good next filmFuketsu and the Dharma Seal · Philip Kapleau · Zen · 45 min
View nextOriginal source
This interview is attributed to The New School at Commonweal. Paths Are Many provides context and links back to the original publisher.
Watch on The New School at Commonweal ↗