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the term 'Beat Zen' is used generally m Rprsent thc rype of mcditationrl Buddhism<br />
practised by Ulue Wren. It dm nn strictly mfer to just Ulov doctrines and prices<br />
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wociatd with onhodox Chinac Ch'an or JI- Zm B~ddhirm.~ It mw be<br />
~~mat~cm~BcllZen'warminedbyacrihofmcBeatZenmovnnaL<br />
and my not be properly nplaenmtiw of the movement. Similarly, ' Sqm Znt' rhnll<br />
refer m Zcn Buddhism as it har bea arablirhed in the United Sma by Adan (mostly<br />
3-1 and American ten Buddhist -hand misharia. That is. 'Sqm Za' MI<br />
rrfa to tnditianal Zm Fwddmm a it has bea Reeivrd in the United S tla while .Beat<br />
Zen" shall refer to the Zen Buddhism c& and developed by the American Bor<br />
mmcnt an ill own.<br />
InrpiteoflhcfactthatmyofthcyIIma~kmfmn'inridc'tne BeatZn<br />
maynmt. 1 am taking m objective a p p d m this mpic That is, 1 am not cmsidedng<br />
whelk eatlin -to of Beat Zn are mmct or inmnst inerprmtiws of 'rai' Zcn<br />
BuMhim, nor quarianing, for -pk wWkr or not lack Kemuae -end a 'd<br />
-#in SM Fnncirm in 1949s is in On rhc Rwdwdwd Insoad, I am uamining<br />
"While %at Zm mnBinr ee& ryncRtic elemcnu from Tanm znd Pure Llnd<br />
Buddhism, Beat Zen is predominately an Americanization of Japans. Zen Buddhism,<br />
pMcipally of Ik Riruai xhml.<br />
*more Rovak quotes a similar criticism of Alan Warn, ue his M&nz of o<br />
Cnuner WNZ, p. 132.<br />
a~ack Kawac. hlrhellmdglarlrham: Pm& Bmk. 1987). pp. 163-164. See<br />
dm. KaxlaE, to Ned Casady (Richmd Hiil. NY: Jan. 8, 1951). in Kemuu. ScImd<br />
Lcncn, pp. 278-281.
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