Tag: Anti-intellectualism

• November 16, 2015

  Excitement and Anti-intellectualism in Philip Kapleau’s The Three Pillars of Zen

  I cannot imagine a more bracing, dramatic, stern, and triumphant account of Zen practice than Philip Kapleau’s The Three Pillars of Zen. The very atmosphere of Zen is “lit up,” the mood is intense and alive and awesome, the figures very human while being supremely committed. I can see why the book, published in 1963, has had a…