Daigaku Rumme

About The Author

Daigaku Rumme was born in 1950 in Mason, City Iowa, USA. In 1976, he entered Hosshinji as a layman and was ordained by Harada Roshi in 1978. He lived and practiced at Hosshinji until 2003. On several occasions he accompanied Harada on his visits to Europe, India, and the United States, as his interpreter. Since 2003, Rumme has been on the staff of the Soto Zen Buddhism International Center located in San Francisco.

Books by Daigaku Rumme

Unfathomable Depths

Drawing Wisdom for Today from a Classical Zen Poem

By Sekkei Harada
Introduction by Heiko Narrog and Hongliang Gu / Translated by Daigaku Rumme
Navigate a forgotten classic poem and enrich your practice with famed Zen master Sekkei Harada.
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The Essence of Zen

The Teachings of Sekkei Harada

By Sekkei Harada and Daigaku Rumme
The Essence of Zen is an expert's guided tour of the ins and outs of the tradition's approach to meditation, enlightenment, and the oneness of all things. To read it is to enter into one of modern Japanese Zen's most subtle and sophisticated minds. Sekkei Harada skillfully pushes us to drop those...
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