SO TO ZEN - Shasta Abbey

Zen Buddhism and the West 85to Zen, it is mainly that of Dr. SuzukiÕs variety. But is thisreally a good thing? The deep philosophy of Great MasterD‡gen and original Zen of the S‡t‡ School have hardly beenintroduced at all. This certainly is a shortcoming. Westernintellectuals are anxious to learn the difference between RinzaiZen and S‡t‡ Zen. Professor Callway, who teaches ComparativeReligion at Southwestern University, has undertaken thisstudy and sent questions to scholars in Japan regarding this.Friedrich Heiler, formerly professor of theology atMarburg University in Germany, excited considerable interestin Zen Buddhism with his ÒBuddhistische VersenkungÓ(ÒBuddhist MeditationÓ). According to Professor Dumoulin ofSophia University in Tokyo, Professor Heiler is enjoying goodhealth despite his age. The former translated the Wu-wen-kuan(J. Mumonkan, a collection of k‡ans) into German and wrote aHistory of the Zen Sect After the Sixth Patriarch which wastranslated from the German into English by Mrs. Ruth FullerSasaki and published in a splendid format. Mrs. Sasaki maintainsa Zen Institute in New York known as the S‡kei-anwhich aims chiefly at the dissemination of Zen amongAmericans. She is at present practising Zen in Ky‡to. FatherNaberfeld, who is a friend of Professor Dumoulin and who hasa church in Kichij‡ji in Tokyo, has translated both the YuimaKy‡ and Shush‡gi into German. Dr. Nukariya Kaiten, formerpresident of Komazawa University (a S‡t‡ Zen university in