[T]he subtlest and most perceptive man I've ever met....His teisho were inaudible, his voice was so soft. Yet as one of the head monks at Daitoku-ji Sodo said much later, 'Those lectures of Oda Rōshi we couldn't hear I am beginning to hear today.'"[5]
sessō, this, article, includes, list, general, references, lacks, sufficient, corresponding, inline, citations, please, help, improve, this, article, introducing, more, precise, citations, june, 2014, learn, when, remove, this, message, 小田, 雪窓, 1901, 1966, rin. This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations June 2014 Learn how and when to remove this message Oda Sessō 小田 雪窓 1901 1966 2 was a Rinzai Rōshi and abbot of the Daitoku ji 大徳寺 in Kyoto Japan a Dharma successor of Gotō Zuigan He was elected abbot of Daitoku ji upon Goto s retirement from that post in 1955 At Goto s request Oda opened Daitoku ji to foreigners His western students included Gary Snyder 3 4 Janwillem van de Wetering Irmgard Schloegl and Philip Yampolsky Oda SessōTitleRōshiPersonalBorn1901 1901 JapanDiedSeptember 16 1966 1966 09 16 aged 64 65 1 ReligionZen BuddhismSchoolRinzaiSenior postingPredecessorGotō Zuigan Snyder described him as T he subtlest and most perceptive man I ve ever met His teisho were inaudible his voice was so soft Yet as one of the head monks at Daitoku ji Sodo said much later Those lectures of Oda Rōshi we couldn t hear I am beginning to hear today 5 Alan Watts said H aving a conversation with him is like dropping a pebble in a well and never hearing it drop The soundless pebble in the bottomless well 6 Janwillem van de Wetering gave an account of his stay at Daitoku ji in his book The empty mirror Contents 1 See also 2 References 3 Sources 4 Further readingSee also editBuddhism in Japan List of Rinzai BuddhistsReferences edit Stirling 2006 pg 125 Stirling 2006 pg 50 Snyder 1980 pp 97 98 Kraft 1988 p 20 Stirling 2006 pp 74 5 Kyger 2000 pg 264Sources editKraft Kenneth Morinaga Sōkō Zen Tradition and Transition 1988 Grove Press ISBN 0 8021 3162 X Kyger Joanne Strange Big Moon The Japan and India Journals 1960 1964 2000 North Atlantic Books ISBN 978 1 55643 337 5 Snyder Gary The Real Work Interviews amp Talks 1964 1979 1980 New Directions Publishing ISBN 0 8112 0761 7 Stirling Isabel Zen Pioneer The Life amp Works of Ruth Fuller Sasaki 2006 Shoemaker amp Hoard ISBN 978 1 59376 110 3Further reading editJanwillem van de Wetering The empty mirror nbsp This article about a member of the Buddhist clergy is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This biography of a Japanese religious figure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Zen biography related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Oda Sessō amp oldid 1127576383, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
