Zen Buddhism

Zen buddhism is arguably distant from, you know, the buddhism in india. Some people argue that it is, i don't know if i would say degenerate, ah, cause that sounds like a loaded term. Now, in terms of what new buddhism did in order to accomplish these three goals we mentioned, was that they formed a bunch of organizations. There was the united movement for revering the emperor and worshipping the buddha. This promoted japanese nationalism among their worshippers. The assembly to repay one's debt to the nation, which specifically promoted military service and conducted memorial services for fallen soldiers. Later, when the wars began,