A pint or a prayer? Monks in Japan put Buddhism on the menu

"but the number does shrink if we’re talking about people who actually want to learn about Buddhist teachings.”

Could that be because they find out that they won't actually learn about Buddhist teachings from these "monks" or "priests"? "The precepts in all the traditions are essentially identical and are commitments to abstain from harming living beings, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying and intoxication."

Shunryu Suzuki recognized decades ago where the future of Japanese Zen Buddhism was and it wasn't Japan.