Zennism (Not Buddhism or Taoism, just Zennism), because looking beyond Buddha and Lao Tzu, broadens the eyes, and expands the awareness of what Zen is. To be a Zennist, you must go beyond Lao Tzu and Buddha. Go beyond Buddhism and Taoism, beyond right and
wrong, good and
evil, death and life, everything .................. and nothing.
In Alan Watts'
s mature work, he presents himself as "Zennist" in spirit as he wrote in his last book, Tao: The Watercourse Way.
Zennism fits our modern culture & is more likely to be in line with our current thinking.
Canadian Zennism is our new gig I think. As a 'descendent' of Alan Watts.
Osho said "Zen goes beyond Buddha and beyond Lao Tzu......... To call Zen “Zen Buddhism” is not right because it is far more."
Watts & the
early teachers who brought zen to the
America'
s. Threw out the gods & goddess from tbe past. They boiled it down to delete a lot o the un_needed ritual. Zen has been boiled down in each country as it arrived. It always expands again after that but on arrival it is simple &
clean."
