Zen is the final flowering of all religious ascension

Following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant.

Listener (L): Spiritual way tends to be more direct and I feel Zen-Buddhism actually misleads from the direct path.

Acharya Prashant (AP): Zen never imposes any rule. Or does it? Is that your question that Zen imposes rule?