Yamada Ryôun
The abbot of the SANBÔZEN

But then what is Zen? As I am always saying, Zen is experientially finding one’s true self and the effort to personalize that true self which was found. Put very simply, Zen is the pursuit and clarification of one’s true self. It is no exaggeration to say that that is Zen in its entirety. The object of Zen is, in the final analysis, the self and nothing else except the self.