Zen isn't very Buddhist either, it's more Taoism with a Buddhist gloss. Are you sure? That doesn't sound right to me. Zen is traced back to Bodhidharma, who ca

Zen isn't very Buddhist either, it's more Taoism with a Buddhist gloss. Are you sure? That doesn't sound right to me. Zen is traced back to Bodhidharma, who came from Southern India. Taoism certainly didn't come from India. Moreover, Zen's almost nihilistic austerity seems at odds with the back-to-nature lyricism of, say, the Tao te Ching. It is difficult to imagine Lao Tse beating disciples with sticks.