SO TO ZEN - Shasta Abbey

86 Sōtō ZenTokyo), published The Religion of the Samurai many yearsago, expounding S‡t‡ Zen for the first time in English. Mr.Christmas Humphreys, (former) President of the LondonBuddhist Society, wrote a book on Zen called Zen Buddhism.However, his understanding of S‡t‡ Zen leaves much to bedesired. He also authored a pamphlet known as the TwelvePrinciples of Buddhism, in which it may be said he wassuccessful in epitomizing the essence of Buddhism. However,Pure Land ideas are not fully expressed in this.Professor Alan Watts of the Asia Institute in SanFrancisco wrote The Spirit of Zen Buddhism and a smaller booksimply titled Zen which generally follows the lines of Dr.SuzukiÕs Zen. In Philosophy East and West, a publication ofthe University of Hawaii, articles on Zen often appear. Severalyears ago an interesting exchange of articles took placebetween Dr. Suzuki and Professor Hu Shih, a Chinese scholarnow at Princeton University. Professor Hu was formerlyPresident of Peking University and for a time was the Chineseambassador to the United States. He is an expert on thedocuments unearthed at Tun-huang (J. Tonk‡) concerning Zen.His theories, which have exerted considerable influence onJapanese scholars, contain some rather extravagant statements.However, on the whole they are certainly deserving of seriousnotice. Nyogen Senzaki, a disciple of S‡en, is teaching Zen toAmericans in Los Angeles. He has been active in the United