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吉田収 Yoshida Osamu
Dharma name: 大道魯参 Daidō Rosan
仏法山禅源寺 住持 Abbot, Missouri Zen Center. (Buppōzan Zengenji)
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Dr. Yoshida, founder of the Missouri Zen Center, first became involved with Zen in a Zen meditation group, the Buddhist Youth Association, under Koryu Osaka Roshi at Tokyo University in 1970.
In 1971, while attending Columbia University (M.phil. 1974, Ph.D. 1977), he joined the Zen Studies Society in New York, participating in sesshins led by Eido Shimano Roshi.
In 1972, he joined the New York Zen Center, practicing under Kando Nakajima Roshi.
In 1978, he joined the Nebraska Zen Center, participating in sesshins led by Dainin Katagiri Roshi.
He founded the Missouri Zen Center in 1979 (which became a Non-profit Organization in 1980).
In 1982, he was ordained as Rosan Daido by Dainin Katagiri Roshi at the Minnesota Zen Meditation Center and registered at the Soto Headquarters.
He received formal Dharma transmission from Katagiri Roshi in 1989.
in 1991, he trained for 6 months at Zuioji Monastery under Ikko and Tsugen Narasaki Roshis and Koten Hayashi Roshis. He finished Dharma combat and received Dharma transmission from Tsugen Narasaki Roshi at his temple, Keijuji.
In 1994, he completed Zuise at Eiheji and Sojiji with registration at the Soto School Headquarters as an ordained priest and teacher qualified to transmit the Dharma overseas.
Besides leading the Zen Center, Dr. Yoshida was a professor of comparative religion on the faculty of Toyo University in Tokyo from 1992 to 2009.
He is also an active participant of the Parliament of World Religions and its efforts to promote a new Universal Global Ethic since the second Parliament in 1993, when it issued the Declaration toward the Global Ethic. He also participates in the Interfaith Gathering for Peace in St. Louis and is involved with drafting the Common Appeal for Peace.
A scholar in ancient Eastern languages, Middleast languages and cultures, he has translated many important texts (Dogen’s Universal Recommendation for Right Zazen, Sentsan’s Faith Mind Maxim, etc.) and written many books (Awakened Way, Globa Ethic – For the Future of Humankind, etc.) and articles (Paradigm Shift, Ultimate Religion, etc.).
He has been active in carrying the message regarding Buddhism, the global problematique, promotion of the global ethic, Zen and Japanese culture to the community in general in a wide variety of forums including unviersities, radio programs, community organizations, churches, temples, synagogues, etc.
Following his participation in the Parliament of the World’s Religions in South Africa, Rosan spent some time in Germany to pursue further the Global Ethic at the Global Ethic Foundation directed by Dr. Hans K�ng, the original exponent and the drafter of the Declaration toward the Global Ethic.
Together with Hiroshi Kubota, he has translated Hans Kueng’s work, Spurensuche, Die Weltreligionen auf dem Weg (Paths of World’s Religions—In pursuit of peace). (Translation of Hans Kueng, ) The World Sacred Books Publishing Association, Tokyo: June 30, 2001
He is active in the area of Zen Center’s three pillars: Awakened Way, Global Ethic and Voluntary Simplicity, participating in the Buddhist Council of Greater St. Louis, working as a kokusai-fukyoshi (international propagator) of Soto School of Zen, participating in the Global System Ethic Association, running websites, listservs in these areas ( http://global-ethics.org, http://www.jasgse.com/, etc.).
Katagiri Lineage Chart
佛祖正伝菩薩戒 血脈
Busso shōden bosatsu-kai kechimyaku
Blood-vein of Bodhisattva Precepts Authentically Transmitted by Buddhas and Ancestors
永平道元 Eihei Dōgen (1200-1253)
孤雲懐奘 Koun Ejō (1198-1280)
徹通義价 Tettsu Gikai (1219-1309)
瑩山紹瑾 Keizan Jōkin (1264-1325)
明峰素哲 Meihō Sotetsu (1277-1350)
珠巌道珍 Shugan Dōchin (?-1387)
徹山旨廓 Tessan Shikaku (?-1376)
桂巌英昌 Keigan Eishō (1321-1412)
籌山了運 Chuzan Ryōun (1350-1432)
義山等仁 Gisan Tōnin (1386-1462)
紹嶽堅隆 Shōgaku Kenryū (?-1485)
幾年豊隆 Kinen Hōryū (?-1506)
提室智闡 Daishitsu Chisen (1461-1536)
虎渓正淳 Kokei Shōjun (?-1555)
雪窓祐輔 Sessō Yūho (?-1576)
海天玄聚 Kaiten Genju
州山春昌 Shūzan Shunshō (1590-1647)
超山誾越 Chōzan Gin'etsu (1581-1672)
福州光智 Fukushū Kōchi
明堂雄暾 Meidō Yūton
白峰玄滴 Hakuhō Genteki (1594-1670)
月舟宗胡 Gesshū Sōko (1618-1696)
徳翁良高 Tokuō Ryōkō (1649-1709)
黙子素淵 Mokushi Soen (1673-1746)
頑極官慶 Gangoku Kankei (1683-1767)
玄透即中 Gentō Sokuchū (1729-1807)
恭山梅禪 Kyōzan Baizen
祖山智門 Sozan Chimon
要山玄機 Yōzan Genki [林 Hayashi]
界外大朝 Kaigai Daichō [林 Hayashi]
慈海大忍 Jikai Dainin (1928-1990) [片桐 Katagiri]
大道魯参 Daidō Rosan [吉田収 Yoshida Osamu]
http://www.missourizencenter.org/writings.html
Publications
- Sekai Shoshûkyou-no Michi – Sono Atowo Motomete (Paths of World Religions - In Pursuit of Their Traces)
- (Translation of Hans Küng, Spürensuche, Die Weltreligionen auf dem Weg, 7 Video Series) 7 CD Series (Japanese), Sanseido, Tokyo, 2004-5, $2000
- A Universal Recommendation for Right Zen, In Zen Texts
- BDK English Tripitaka, No. 98-IX, (Translation of Dogen, Fukanzazengi) (English), Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research, Berkeley, 2005
- Sekai Shoshûkyou-no Michi – Sono Atowo Motomete ( Paths of World’s Religions- In Pursuit of Peace)
- (Translation of Hans Küng, Spürensuche, Die Weltreligionen auf dem Weg) (Japanese), Sekai Seiten Kankou Kyokai (The World Sacred Text Publishing Society), Tokyo, 2001
- Limitless Life: Dogen’s World
- (English), Translation and commentary of Shushogi, Dogen Zenji Goroku and Doei. The Missouri Zen Center, 1999. By Rosan Osamu Yoshida. $9.
- Faith Mind Maxim, in Three Chan classics
- BDK English Tripitaka, No. 74-III (Translation of Seng Tsan, Shinshinming) (English) Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research, Berkeley, 1999. pp. 115-129.
- Chikyuu Rinri – Jinrui-no Mirai-no-tameni (Global Ethic - For the Future of Humanity)
- (Japanese) The World Sacred Text Publishing Society, Tokyo, 1996. Yoshida, $25
- Imakoso Chikyuu Rinri-wo (Translation of Hans Küng, Yes to the Global Ethic)
- (Japanese) The World Sacred Text Publishing Society, Tokyo, 1995
- Chikyuu Rinri Sengen (The Declaration of a Global Ethic)
- (Translation of Hans Küng, Global Ethic, the 1993 Parliament of the World’s Religions with Explanation and Background by him and Karl Josef Kushel), (Japanese) The World Sacred Text Publishing Society, Tokyo, 1995, $10
- No Self: A New Systematic Interpretation of Buddhism
- (English), The World Sacred Text Publishing Society, 1993. By Osamu Rosan Yoshida. $20
- Mezame-no Michi (The Awakened Way)
- (Japanese), Hokujusha, 1993. By Osamu Rosan Yoshida. $23
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