No religioun is immune. You can drum these monks out of "true buddhism", but that is problematic.
Hakugen points to twelve characteristics of Japanese Zen which have contributed to its support for Japanese militarism:[6]
Subservience of Buddhism to the state.
Buddhist views on humanity and society. Though "Buddhism emphasizes the equality of human beings based on their possession of a Buddha nature",[7] the doctrine of Karma has also been used as a "moral justification for social inequality".[7]
Protection of the state and the hierarchical social structures.
Emphasis on sunyata and selflessness, "leaving no room for the independence of the individual".[8]
Lack of Buddhist dogma, which left no "compelling basic dogma a believer would fight to preserve".[9][a]
The concept of on, "the teaching that a debt of gratitude is owed to those from whom favors are received".[10] In the case of Japanese Zen, this gratitude was also owed to the Emperor, as "the head of the entire Japanese family".[10]
The belief in mutual dependency, which "led in modern Japan to an organic view of the state coupled with a feeling of intimacy towards it".[10]
The doctrine of the Middle Way, which "took the form of a constant search for compromise with the aim of avoiding confrontation before it occurred".[10]
The tradition of ancestor veneration, in which "the entire nation came to be regarded as one large family in which loyalty between subject and sovereign was the chief virtue".[10]
The value given to "old and mature things".[11] Since society was based "on a set of ancient and immutable laws",[11] opposition to this was unacceptable.
Emphasis on inner peace, which "contributed to its failure to encourage and justify the will to reorganize society".[11]
The Buddhist logic of Soku, "just as it is",[11] which leads to "a static, aesthetic perspective, a detached, subjective harmony with things"
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