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Originally Posted by gmku
Spirituality has nothing to do with appearance, especially if you're obsessed with an aspect of appearance, like hair style. That's materialistic, not spiritual. That's like saying I have an appreciation of music because I have a mint copy of the first issue of The Beatles or a perfect-condition old Martin guitar.
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But you just referenced Zen Priests in connection with your buzz cut. Which in itself is preposterous. Hair in spirituality is always about community. There are plenty of vanity dreads, just as there are plenty of vanity crew cuts. Neither impinges upon a person's spiritual beliefs if they happen to have the same haircut as the fashion version of the same. Dreads aren't exclusive to Rastafari, and long hair is a common monastic decision. I think (though my memory's not so good) that there's a Ch'an or Zen Buddhist order which compels dreadlocks. I'm pretty sure it's common in Shinto and some Indian orders as well. Whatever the weather, conflating non-spiritual haircut choices with the edicts of a religious order is poor form, in my book.