Chuck,
Thanks as always for your post.
You are not wrong in the history, genealogy and classification of zen you
present in your post attached below. This is the generally accepted
position - that zen is an outgrowth and sub-set of Buddhism. I disagree
with that for several reasons, but that re
Bill,
You say:
"I also beleive, as you do, that zen and Buddhism are not the same. I
beleive Buddhism is a religion and is a sub-set of zen, and so are
most other religions -"
I thought Zen, including Soto, Rinzai and Obaku, are part of the Mahayana
school of Buddhism and a direct o
