Ryoun Yamada

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Ryoun Yamada
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Birth name:	Yamada Masamichi
Place of birth:	Japan
School(s):	Sanbo Kyodan
Lineage(s):	Harada-Yasutani
Title(s):	Roshi
Workplace:	San'un Zendo Itoki Corporation
Predecessor(s):	Yamada Koun
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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]

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• Buddhism in Japan

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[edit] 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. 
• Habito, Ruben L.F. (2004). Living Zen, Loving God. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0861713834. 

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