The way The "goal" Background Chinese texts Classical Post-classical Contemporary Zen in Japan Seon in Korea Thiền in Vietnam Western Zen Mumon Yamada (山田 無文, Yamada Mumon, July 16, 1900 – December 24, 1988) was a Rinzai roshi, calligrapher,[1] and former abbot of Shōfuku-ji in Kobe, Japan.
The meeting was designed to open dialogue between Christians and Buddhists and establish peace in the wake of damage caused by World War II.
[3] Daizen Victoria writes, "[Yamada Mumon] helped establish the 'Society to Repay the Heroic Spirits [of Dead Soldiers]' (Eirei ni Kotaeru Kai).
Yamada asserted that since Japan's fallen soldiers had clearly been involved in a 'holy war,' the government should reinstate financial support for enshrining their "heroic spirits" (eirei) in Yasukuni Jinga, a major Shinto shrine located in the heart of Tokyo.
In 1967 he went on pilgrimages to various Southeast Asian countries to apologize to and say sutras for the war dead of all religions, and he taught this posture of repentance to his students as well.