Ask Lewis: Why No One Understands Zen

Ibrought a book I had written on Essential Zen to a Sōtō Zen master who told me that “It did not sound like Zen” and that clearly, I had no understanding of Zen or Zen scripture. He said “It is a modern mish-mash of this and that”, steeped in dualism and sounds more like Rinzai Zen. You should bring it to a Rinzai teacher.” So I brought this book to a Rinzai teacher.” who told me, “This does not sound anything like Rinzai”. Clearly, you have no understanding of Rinzai Zen teachings.” She said “It sounds more like the Western simplistic ‘Beginner’s Mind’ approach to Zen. You should go home and meditate more before writing a book about Zen. Come back in a few years.” <a href="https://thetaoist.online/ask-lewis-why-no-one-understands-zen-31255e4bbb59">Click Here</a>