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I think that in the West the Zen sect is perceived differently than in Japan and China. I feel that in East Asia , Zen is not that radically different from other sects. I have never practiced it myself, but accounts of Chinese and Japanese monks that I read, show that life in a Zen monastery has very little of this 'crazy wisdom' Zen is famous for in the West. Most of it seems to be meditating , cleaning and eating (a little) , very much in line with what one would expect from life in a Buddhist monastery. Example : Eat sleep sit . Also, lay followers of those sects are quite similar to other Buddhists in their pattern of worship.
There is a book written about Zen monastery living similar to yours by Kaoru Nonomura (amazon) that I've been meaning to read. If you've read it: how closely related are your experience with the writer's?
Eat Sleep Sit is wonderful. https://www.amazon.ca/Eat-Sleep-Sit-Japans-Rigorous/dp/4770030754
Have you ever read "Eat, Sleep, Sit." I think you could relate a lot to that book.
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