[Zen] Philip Kapleau

[Anthony Wu]

The following was a conversation from Kapleau Roshi.
 
Questioner: 'can I practice Zen and be a good Catholic?'
 
Roshi: 'If you practice Zen, you can, but if you practice Zen Buddhism, you 
can't.'
 
Questioner: 'why not?'
 
Roshi: To practice Zen Buddhism means to transcend yourself. To transcend 
yourself means to forget yourself. When that happens, you are neither a good 
Catholic nor a good Zen Buddhist.'
 
Can anybody shed light on the koan?
 
Anthony