Education
In 1901 he graduated from Komazawa University (then Sōtō-shu Daigakurin), the Sōtō university.
In 1901 he graduated from Komazawa University (then Sōtō-shu Daigakurin), the Sōtō university.
Born in an area known today as Obama, Fukui Prefecture, he entered a Sōtō temple as a novice at age 7 and continued training in temples during his primary and high school years. From the years of 1911 to 1923, Harada held a professor position at Soto-shu Daigakurin. A very strict disciplinarian, he served as abbot at various Sōtō temples throughout Japan: Hosshin-ji, Chisai-in, Ankoku-ji, Bukkoku-ji, Sōji-ji and Chigen-ji.
Until almost age 90, he conducted week-long sesshin at Hosshin-ji 6 times a year.
He also held sesshin elsewhere. He also departed from the Sōtō conventions of his day by training lay persons with monks rather than separately.
His best-known heir was Hakuun Yasutani Rōshi, a Sōtō monk who he also trained in koan study. Harada himself, however, remained within the Sōtō section
Harada has been criticized for his support of the Japanese War-endeavors. march: tramp, tramp, or shoot: bang, bang.
This is the manifestation of the highest Wisdom. Dharma-heirs from Harada Roshi are:
Harada Tangen Rōshi Head of Bukkoku-ji temple;
Ban Tetsugyu Soin Rōshi, Head of Tosho-ji temple in Tokyo;
Watanabe Genshu, Head of Soji-ji temple among others
