Question
Without wishing to stir controversy, but wanting to understand the history
of which I am part, what happened that made you leave the AZI?
I imagine the reasons must have been serious, especially after reading a
site by Luc Boussard that sent a chill down my spine, since I do not have
the perspective to judge for myself. That is what prompts me today to ask
this question that has been troubling me for a long time.
Thank you very much.
Gassho.
Anonymous
Answer from Master Kosen
I followed Deshimaru’s transmission. They now follow the Soto Shu, which is, in short, merely a state organization established at the end of World War II at the request of the fascist government of the time to administer a form of Zen spirituality in Japan.
Kosen