Oda Sessō
Male, Deceased Person
1901 – 1966
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Who was Oda Sessō?
Oda Sessō was a Rinzai Rōshi and abbot of the Daitoku-ji in Kyoto, Japan, a Dharma successor of Gotō Zuigan. He was elected abbot of Daitoku-ji upon Goto's retirement from that post in 1955. At Goto's request, Oda opened Daitoku-ji to foreigners. His western students included Gary Snyder, Janwillem van de Wetering, Irmgard Schloegl, and Philip Yampolsky.
Snyder described him as
Alan Watts said,
Janwillem van de Wetering gave an account of his stay at Daitoku-ji in his book "The empty mirror".
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