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~kapaisreofZen~UuniU~,Knouacwarablcbmn~wtpfam<br />
of Zen on the mcd& pv%d by Zn Bd&kt tradition as well as Kmuac'r om<br />
friends and members of the uderclw he eamc into -tan with. ntcnfon, Wm'<br />
ch-m of the &at as a a-ilteilstual hipst& d m nn bold mr. Kmrusc'r<br />
k t Za war. the result of a mat deal of rmdy and mom than just the pu3ing<br />
rqusinMcc ~ggarcd by Watn' 'me-drnpping bits of h.' Indeed. Koouac'r Za h<br />
~IoYly related m Warn' own, sharing Watn' views on h~onomaur wUlority and<br />
diuipline.<br />
Kemuae's Zen war even more ciawly related to lhat of Sub. Not only-<br />
Kemm gldded by Suruld'r psycbI&ing of Zsn Buddhism and his emphasis on Za as<br />
the pemmd upricna of the imtional. Kemuac followed Suruld's uw of A sh and<br />
Western exemplary ti- as models of m m Zen Buddhist behaviwr and bdief,<br />
tdded, Dumoulin has wimn h t Suzuld, ' S d was w mere mgurgitator; he<br />
mrtPnUy mintclpRted the meuagc he uanrmimd, adapting it a Warern mnmr and<br />
deliberately highlighting aRain Ley theme. This he did with increasing boldness as his<br />
IBME not wly as a s chk but as =genuine 9ge ws m&zed.'" Kern and the Beat<br />
Generation followed not only Swuld'l inrapretation of Zen Buddhism but extended it<br />
further into an indigenous mligiour movement. using S-Wo aum mnhad.<br />
Tnu. Kern- war able m craw a form of Zen Buddhism that ws not only