I was thinking it would be some kind of serious discussion of how he thought Dogen really was a great Zen Master . he could barely bring himself to quote Dogen . As usual I find myself saying Dude . Dude ! I had to wade through Zen Doctrine of NoMind and a half dozen other Suzuki works to get some inkling of where to search for stuff on the Zen lineage . Suzuki wasn ' t a sparkling personality . A good guy ? Sure . A hardcore researcher about a group of people mostly disdained and ignored when he was coming up in the world ? Sure . Not a sparkling personality though . I remain astonished at his refusal to discuss Dogen , at Blyth ' s subtle jabs at Soto without confronting them directly . Of course I didn ' t do time in a Japanese detainment camp , nor am I Japanese . I was talking with a guy at a party about Asian racism , and about how I read something about how you can become American easily and all Americans are equally American , but you can ' t become Japanese or Chinese . So sure , I give them a pass for their sins . Still though , I was hoping for something with a little meat in it . It ' s not your fault . You found something awesome for it ' s rarity , and awesome for it ' s whimpy factor . I just point out that you get a little whiny when you don ' t like what I say .