Yamada Koun

Yamada Koun

Part of a series on
Western Buddhism
Main articles Western Buddhism

Buddhist modernism

Buddhism in the United States
Theravada Theravada

Vipassana movement
England
Anagarika Dharmapala
Sangharakshita
Ajahn Chah
Germany
Nyanatiloka
Nyanaponika Thera
USA
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
Joseph Goldstein

Jack Kornfield
Zen Zen

Zen in the USA
Modern Chinese Chán
Hsuan Hua
Sheng-yen
Rinzai Zen
D.T. Suzuki
Soto Zen
Shunryu Suzuki
Sanbo Kyodan
Haku'un Yasutani
White plum Asanga
Taizan Maezumi
Korean Seon
Seung Sahn
Vietnamese Thiền
Thich Nhat Hanh

Category: Zen Buddhists
Pure Land Pure Land Buddhism

USA
David Brazier
Canada

Jodo Shinshu Buddhist Temples of Canada
Tibetan Tibetan Buddhism

14th Dalai Lama
USA
Chögyam Trungpa
England
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
Germany

Lama Anagarika Govinda
Exchange
  • Buddhism and Christianity
  • Buddhism and psychology
Buddhism General
  • Buddhism
  • Outline of Buddhism
  • Traditions
  • Hinayana
  • Mahayana
  • Vajrayana
  • Asian Countries
  • Indian Buddhism
  • Chinese Buddhism
  • Japanese Buddhism
  • Category: Buddhism

Yamada Koun Zenshin (山田 耕雲, Yamada Kōun?, 1907—1989), or Koun Yamada, was the former leader of the Sanbo Kyodan lineage of Zen Buddhism, the Dharma heir of his teacher Yasutani Haku'un Ryoko. Yamada was appointed the leader of the Sanbo Kyodan in 1967, 1970 or 1973 and continued to differentiate the lineage from other Japanese Zen traditions by deemphasizing the separation between laypeople and the ordained—just as his teacher Yasutani had done. Yamada was also instrumental in bringing Christians to the practice of Zen that “by the end of Yamada’s teaching career approximately one quarter of the participants at his sesshins were Christians”.

Read more about Yamada Koun:  List of Dharma Heirs, Bibliography