Ryuei Michael McCormick

Rev. Ryuei Michael McCormick is a Buddhist priest of the Nichiren Shu, a Mahayana Buddhist lineage established in Japan by Nichiren Daishonin in 1253 CE. Publisher of many books, including a biography about the life of Nichiren Shonin entitled Lotus in a Sea of Flames (2015), Open Your Eyes: A Nichiren Buddhist View of Awakening (2019), and On the Opening of the Eyes: Annotated Translation with Glossary of the Kaimoku-sho (2021). He has written for and served as an assistant editor of the Nichiren Shu News. He has written for the Buddhist magazines Lion’s Roar and Buddhadharma, as well as other publications.

Ryuei is currently serving as head minister of the Nichiren Buddhist Sangha of the San Francisco Bay Area. The beginning of his practice in Nichiren Buddhism started in 1986. In 1993 he received an M.A. in Spirituality from Holy Names University in Oakland. In 1997 he became a disciple of The Venerable Bishop Ryusho Matsuda of the Nichiren Order of North America. After a four-year apprenticeship, Ryuei received full ordination at Kuonji Temple on Mt. Minobu in 2001.