Zenist

At the end of the course, Abbot Asahina turned his quickie Zenist bus drivers loose with the words: "Continue to meditate, or your light may go out."

The present writer knows a contemporary Zenist who would not drink even a cup of water without first making a salutation to it.

"Not to attach to all things is Dhyana," writes an ancient Zenist, "and if you understand this, going out, staying in, sitting, and lying are in Dhyana."

"The falling leaves as well as the blooming flowers reveal to us the holy law of Buddha," says a Japanese Zenist.