Zen Buddhism: Zen today

There was much innovation in the 20th century

• DT Suzuki and other popular transmitters of Zen are uninterested in the ritual and hierarchical aspects of Zen; they teach a version of Zen for Westerners who are interested in meditation more than anything else
• After the abandonment of the feudal system in the 1850s, Rinzai became less homogenous to the warrior class, allowing…