"all of them imprisoned in a system of work, produce, consume, work, produce, consume..." (Kerouac, 97)
-This is a quote that shows the quintesential idea that the Dharma Bums had about modern society. It's such a one after the other, always the same, cookie cutter lifestyle. It imprisons people and makes them feel as if they're in a cage. It's the opposite of what Japhy and his community idealize, the complete freedom and spontanaeity.
"not the Zen intellectual artistic Buddhism he loved - but I was trying to make him see that everything was the same." (Kerouac, 115)
-This quote is when Ray is talking about San Francisco Chinatown and how Japhy for some reason doesn't embrace the buddhism because it is traditional. This kindof shows Japhy's confusion about his spirituality. Yes its not the weird "zen buddhism" he's used to but it's the basis for his "religion." Japhy seems to have an inate fear of anything that he can fail at. His buddhism is made up by him to cater his own life, so that he always is able to follow whatever guidlines because he makes them himself.
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