Daiun Sogaku Harada (October 13, 1871 - December 12, 1961) was a Rinzai and SotoZen priest born in an area known today as Obama, Japan in the Fukui Prefecture. In 1901 Daiun Sogaku graduated from Komazawa University (then Soto-shu Daigakurin). He studied under various Soto and Rinzai masters such as Oka Sotan, Akino Kodo, Adachi Tatsujun, Hoshimi Tenkai, Unmuken Taigi Sogon, and Kogenshitsu Dokutan Sosan. From the years of 1911 to 1923, Harada held a teaching position at his former school as a professor at Soto-shu Daigakurin. A very strict disciplinarian, he had served as abbott at various temples throughout Japan: Hosshin-ji, Chisai-in , Ankokuji, Hoonji, and Chigenji. In 1937 he retired from Chigenji and lived out his remaining years as a hermit at his hermitage known as Kakusho-ken. October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 19 days remaining. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... There is a disputed proposal that this article should be merged with Rinzai and Linji. ... For the vegetable, see Celosia. ... Zen is a form of Mahayana Buddhism which places great importance on moment-by-moment awareness and seeing deeply into the nature of things by direct experience. ... Categories: Cities in Fukui Prefecture | Japan geography stubs ... Komazawa University (駒澤大å¸, Komazawa Daigaku,abbreviated as 駒大 Komadai) is one of the oldest universities in Japan. ... For the vegetable, see Celosia. ... There is a disputed proposal that this article should be merged with Rinzai and Linji. ... Discipline is any training intended to produce a specific character or pattern of behaviour, especially training that produces moral or mental development in a particular direction. ... Abbott may refer to: A person Berenice Abbott, a American photographer. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Onuphrius lived as a hermit in the desert of Upper Egypt in the late 4th century A hermit (from the Greek erÄ“mos, signifying desert, uninhabited, hence desert-dweller) is a person who lives to some greater or lesser degree in seclusion and/or isolation from society. ...
The Sanbō Kyōdan (literally "Three Treasures religious group") was formally founded on January 8, 1954 by Yasutani Hakuun (安谷白雲), one of the principal successors of the Zen teacher HaradaDaiun (原田大雲).
Harada and Yasutani had officially been members of the Sōtō Zen sect, although Harada had also studied extensively with Rinzai teachers.
The first was Philip Kapleau, an American who became a student of Harada's in 1953 and was later a disciple of Yasutani's.
Harada Roshi was part of a wave of early 20th century revivalists who sought to reinvigorate the Soto sect from the institutional malaise it had fallen into.
Harada’s contribution was to place the experience of satori, self-realization, at the heart of his teaching and practice.
Harada suggested he study with Yasutani Roshi, and Kapleau remained with him for over a decade, before moving back to the United States to eventually found the Rochester Zen Center in 1966.
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