Quote image editor
“The situation in which a native spirit becomes more highly venerated than Buddhist gods by a Sōtō temple supposedly dedicated to the practice of zazen, and yet still is recognized as having a malevolent potential requiring exorcism, becomes a focal point for rethinking the function of syncretism in Zen.” — Steven Heine
The situation in which a native spirit becomes more highly venerated than Buddhist gods by a Sōtō temple supposedly dedicated to the practice of zazen, and yet still is recognized as having a malevolent potential requiring exorcism, becomes a focal point for rethinking the function of syncretism in Zen.