| Sanbo Kyodan | |
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Haku'un Yasutani (right) |
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| Formation | 1954 |
| Type | Zen |
| Headquarters | Kamakura, Japan |
| Website | www.sanbo-zen.org/ |
Sanbo Kyodan (literally "Three Treasures Religious Organization") is a Zen sect derived from both the Rinzai and Soto traditions of Japanese Zen.
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Sanbo Kyodan was founded by Yasutani Haku'un in 1954. It is rooted in the thinking of Harada Daiun Sogaku, who studied with Rinzai priests.[1] Both Harada Roshi and Yasutani Roshi were strong promoters of Zen practice for people of other (Non-Buddhist, Non-Asian)faith communities and cultures. Their influence has been largely responsible for the fluorishing of Zen practice and teachings in North America and Europe in the latter half of the 20th century and early 21st century.
Perhaps the best-known adherent of Zen in the United States, Roshi Philip Kapleau (author of the landmark guide to Zen practice "The Three Pillars of Zen") trained under both Harada Roshi and Yasutani Roshi at their monastery in Kamakura, Japan in the 1950's and 1960's.
Another influential student was Taizan Maezumi, who gave dharma transmission to various Americam students, among who are Tetsugen Bernard Glassman, Dennis Genpo Merzel, Charlotte Joko Beck and John Daido Loori.
In Europe the Sanbo Kyodan has been influential via Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle, and via students of Dennis Genpo Merzel, especially in the Netherlands.
Sanbo Kyodan was also connected to the Soen Nakagawa-Eido Tai Shimano lineage, due to a personal fondness of soen for the teaching practices of Harada roshi.[2]
Yasutani's support for the Japanese military's aggression against other Asian countries, most of which were Buddhist, was criticised after World War II. The publication of Brian Victoria's Zen at War[3] led to a public apology by Kubota Ji'un, the 3rd Abbot of Sanbô Kyôdan. [4].
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