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Sanbo Kyodan (a.k.a. Three Treasures Association or Harada-Yasutani School; Japanese: 三宝教団) is an independent lay school of Japanese Zen in the Soto(曹洞宗) tradition, employing approaches from both the Rinzai and Soto schools. The school is rooted in the teachings of Harada Daiun Sogaku(原田 祖岳) and was founded by Yasutani Haku'un(安谷 白雲) in 1954—Yasutani having broken away from the Soto school that same year. The schools' headquarters are based in Kamakura, Japan(鎌倉). While the schools' tenets are based upon Buddhist teaching, not all teachers in the lineage consider themselves Buddhist.
[edit] History
The Sanbo Kyodan school was formally established in 1954 by Yasutani Haku'un, a successor of the late Harada Daiun Sogaku. The school's teachings were based on those of Harada, who had thwarted convention by treating laypeople as monastics. Yasutani believed that his new school embodied the true expression of Dogen(道元)'s teachings, employing an equal balance of koan(公案) study and zazen(坐禅) in its curriculum. In the 1950s and 60s Philip Kapleau and Robert Baker Aitken began practice under Yasutani—Kapleau being his first American student. In 1962 Yasutani came to the United States, leading a sesshin first in Hawaii and then Los Angeles, California, continuing to return to the U.S. for frequent visits in the years that followed. Yamada Koun(山田 耕雲) became Harada's successor in 1973, taking over the school and allowing Christians to practice in the lineage. He bestowed the title of roshi on several Christian students, most notably Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle and Ruben Habito—Habito being the only officially recognized teacher of Sanbo Kyodan in the United States currently. In 1989 Kubota Akira Ji'un-ken(窪田 慈雲) became Yamada Koun's successor, serving until 2004. Today the school is led by Yamada Ryoun(山田 凌雲).[1][2][3][4]
[edit] See also
- ^ Spuler, 9-10
- ^ Seager, 92-94
- ^ Prebish, 16-18
- ^ Ford, 183-185
[edit] References
- Ford, James Ishmael (2006). Zen Master Who?: A Guide to the People and Stories of Zen. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0861715098.
- Prebish, Charles S. (1999). Luminous Passage: The Practice and Study of Buddhism in America. University of California Press. ISBN 052021697.
- Seager, Richard Hughes (2000). Buddhism in America. Columbia University Press. ISBN 0231108680.
- Spuler, Michelle (2002). Developments in Australian Buddhism: Facets of the Diamond. Routledge. ISBN 0700715827.
[edit] External links
Kamakura, Japan
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