An alternative for this era must offer theological, ideological, and practical answers to problems we face. The biggest problems today are the environment and confusion over self-identity. But over the past 1600 years or so, what the Buddha taught has been distorted. Korean monks are lazy and their lack of meditation practice was the root cause of the shameful Chogye Order incident last year. Another basic problem is the secularization of Buddhism.
People just pray for personal gain such as money, health, etc.
With this kind of orientation, Korean Buddhism will never become a global religious influence. We have to return to the original teachings of the Buddha. But we should not only emphasize only Zen. As I said before, Zen Buddhism is just one part of the Buddhist whole. Zen helps to break the self-righteous attitudes that are common in Mahayana Buddhism.