Ryoun Yamada

Ryoun Yamada
School	Sanbo Kyodan
Lineage	Harada-Yasutani
Personal
Born	Japan
Senior posting
Based in	San'un Zendo Itoki Corporation
Title	Roshi
Predecessor	Yamada Koun

Ryoun Yamada, aka Yamada Ryoun or Yamada Masamichi, the son of the late Yamada Koun, is the current Zen master of San'un Zendo in Kamakura, Japan and the Abbot of the Sanbo Kyodan school of Zen Buddhism.^[1] Sanbo Kyodan is a lay organization of Zen, so Yamada also worked at Mitsubishi Bank and Mitsubishi Securities. Currently he heads the Itoki Corporation. As of the late 1990s, Yamada was returning to Japan only a few times each year.^[2]

See also

• Buddhism in Japan

Notes

1. ^ Habito, xix
2. ^ Barnhart, 146

References

• Barnhart, Bruno; Yuese Huang (2001). Purity of Heart and Contemplation: A Monastic Dialogue Between Christian and Asian Traditions. Continuum International Publishing Group. ISBN 082641348X. http://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=worldcat_org_all&q=082641348X. 
• Habito, Ruben L.F. (2004). Living Zen, Loving God. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0861713834. http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=0861713834&=Search&qt=owc_search. 

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