“It is really striking," says Gary Snyder, "that so very many people at Zen Center reject the term religion when it is applied to what they are doing. What is any religion? A little ritual, a little superstition, and some magic. That's Buddhism.” ReligionZen Center Book:Shoes Outside the Door: Desire, Devotion, and Excess at San Francisco Zen Center Source: Shoes Outside the Door: Desire, Devotion, and Excess at San Francisco Zen Center