The Teachers
The Lineage
Yamada Mumon Roshi
was one of a greatest Japanese Rinzai Zen Masters in 20th century, a calligrapher and former abbot of Shofuku-ji monastery in Kobe, Japan. In his youth he wanted to become a lawyer, but later he realized that he would rather live in a world that does not need lawyers in the first place. So he decided to become a monk and bring a harmony to the world with his pure state of mind and heart. He influenced many zen students who later became a great zen teachers
His most proeminent student and Darma heir is Shodo Harada Roshi, an influential master in Japan, United States and Europe.
One of his poems
“ All things are embraced
within the universal mind
Told by the cool wind
This morning. “
Shodo Harada Roshi
Is a Japanese Rinzai Zen master, author, calligrapher, and head abbot of Sogen-ji - a three-hundred years old Zen training Monastery in Okayama, Japan. He has become known as a “teacher of teachers”. His depth of wisdom and skillful ways to teach has attracted more and more students. Beginners, intermediate and advanced meditators and meditation teachers come to sit Sesshin ( meditation retreats ) with him in Japan or during his trips to the United States and Europe. Despite being in his eighties, he still tirelessly teach
ShoE Roshi
Is Harada Roshi’s main student, translator and successor. She has spent 20 years in Rinzai Zen monastery in Japan and is one of rare female teachers who went through complete Zen training. Her realization and wholehearted dedication resulted in opening a Japanese Rinzai Zen monastery in Germany. There she runs zen sesshin “retreats” several time per year, together with Shodo Harada Roshi.
Facilitators in Uppsala Dojo
Marko has been practicing meditation and Buddhism since 2009. Spent time in Himalayas, learning about self-inquiry and different meditation practices such as Preliminary practices, Guru Yoga, Chenrezig, Shamatha, and Dzogchen in Nyingma, Kagyu and Gelugpa tradition from different Tibetan Buddhist masters. He used to spend time in solitary retreats in Dordogne, south of France.
He spent time in Japan where he lived and trained in Rinzai Zen Monastery in Okayama. The Zen training has been led under instruction and supervision by one of the greatest living Rinzai Zen masters of our time Taigen Shodo Harada Roshi. Marko became Roshis student 2017 and since then has been regularly practicing with him. Currently, several times per year Marko attends sesshins (meditation retreats) held in Germany, led by Taigen Shodo Harada Roshi and ShoE Roshi.
Marko has been working in different medical fields such as emergency medicine and surgery as well as taking part in few Humanitarian Health expeditions in Himalayas.
Today he is facilitating people to practice Zen at One Drop Dojo and works full-time as Family Medicine Doctor. Meeting patients every day he has noticed alarming degree of stress and mental pollution in today’s society as well as lack of skills to cope with them. Zen Buddhism and it’s timless wisdom have never been of so great importance than now.
Madenn moved from France to Japan when she was little. Having interest in Japanese culture and arts, she has been practicing Zen, Tea Ceremony, and Kyudo. She facilitates Japanese Calligraphy workshops (Hitsuzendo and Sumie) at One Drop Dojo Center. Offers weekly classes and shares her experience of the way of breathing brush. She is an avid practitioner of the Urasanke school of Way of Tea (ChaDo). For the past years Madenn hosted more than 100 bowls of matcha tea to people from all walks of life, offering a moment of peace. Several times per year, she attends Zen training retreats (sesshins) with Rinzai Zen master Taigen Shodo Harada Roshi in Germany. Very meticulous and always eager to help others to cultivate their mind and heart yet at the same time staying a humble student of life, she is sharing the way of gentleness, kindness and wisdom
“My heartfelt wish is to support others in their journey of
developing open, stable, peaceful, resilient and enlightened mind which
gradually leads to wise, graceful and harmonious way of life.
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