Eisai Buddhist Japan: the "Lotus Sutra", "Golden Light Sutra", and the "Humane King Sutra" ("Ninnōkyō"). Eisai’s famous written piece, the "Kōzen gokokuron" or "The Promotion of Zen for the Protection of the Country", was heavily influenced by the "Ninno kyo" which states “the preservation of Buddhism is inextricably bound to the preservation of their own country”. The "Kōzen gokokuron" was written with the intention to correct established schools of Buddhism by giving them examples of moral practice and to convince the Minamoto military rulers to support Zen Buddhism and a Zen government. The writing promotes the Zen ideals to bring Buddhism
Japanese Zen dharma heirs, such as Joko Beck, Tetsugen Bernard Glassman, and especially Dennis Merzel, who has appointed more than a dozen dharma heirs. The FAS Society is a non-sectarian organization, founded by Shin'ichi Hisamatsu. Its aim is to modernize Zen and adapt it to the modern world. In Europe it is influential through such teachers as Jeff Shore and Ton Lathouwers. Although it is difficult to trace when the West first became aware of Zen as a distinct form of Buddhism, the visit of Soyen Shaku, a Japanese Zen monk, to Chicago during the World Parliament of Religions in 1893 is