Morning Dewdrops of the Mind

by Shodo Harada Roshi

In 1988, Shodo Harada Roshi, abbot of Sogenji, a Rinzai Zen temple in Okayama, Japan, began writing a newsletter for students who lived and trained at Sogenji and had since returned to their home countries. The newsletter was started to support its readers in their practice, encouraging them to keep alive what they learned at Sogenji. Collected here for the first time, Harada Roshi’s writings emphasize creative and inventive participation in every moment of life. Delightful, thought-provoking, and poignant, these essays blend living in today’s world with the teachings of the Buddha.