The Jesuit grad in me can't end this without citing sources. At the time of Kennedy Roshi installation of Kevin Hunt Sensei, a Trappist monk from St. Joseph's Abbey, in Spencer, MA (very near my alma mater, the College of the Holy Cross), as a Dharma successor, the Superior General of the Society of Jesus, Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, S.J., wrote:
Because of the long preparation and training required to become a master of the demanding Zen training, Fr. Hunt's achievement is one that we can all celebrate in thanksgiving to God ... Jesuits and other Christians have found Zen to be a valuable instrument for progressing in the spiritual life. ... By coming to focus on the present moment through the practice of the techniques of Zen meditation, the Christian can become aware of God's immediate loving presence.I believe it was in Kennedy Roshi's book Zen Spirit, Christian Spirit: The Place of Zen in Christian Life that he quotes something Yamada Roshi said to him:
I am not trying to make you a Buddhist, but to empty you in imitation of your Lord, Jesus Christ.
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