>. Look at the Zen sects of Japan: there are as > many, if not more, rules than in any Western monastic order. The Zen > masters stress that the *only* way to reach enlightenment is via those > structures Which sects? I always understood that the Zen strain of Buddhism developed in overt rebellion to the other three strains which had lost their original purpose to ceremony, rules, and structures. Camille verona_beach@geocities.com @ THE ARTS HOLE www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/6442