Question
Is there a false Zen of Master Deshimaru?
Anonymous
Master Kosen’s answer
Master Deshimaru’s Zen is true Zen in all its purity, freedom, and simplicity. It is the standard, the benchmark.
None of his disciples can claim to teach Deshimaru’s Zen 100 percent, but they must strive to do so as well as they can, from their deepest convictions, trying to remember and practice in the same spirit as him. But also by understanding for themselves and being creative. There can be no continuity without creativity and constant evolution.
Some disciples of Deshimaru think teaching Zen to people around the world is like a dog pissing to mark its territory.
That is regrettable.
Kosen