Question
What is the relationship between Master Kosen and the AZI? What should we think of the AZI? I am looking for somewhere to practice zazen. Can you help me?
Alain Durel
Answer from Master Kosen
I think the AZI is good for Master Deshimaru’s and Zen’s social image. In that respect, it does its job. For my part, I disagreed with its mixing its politics into the teaching of Zen as Sensei transmitted it to us, just as the Shumu-sho (Sotoshu) does in Japan. Nevertheless, today I acknowledge that, unlike the Sotoshu, all the AZI’s leaders love practicing zazen.
Kosen