Find a place where you are alone and train yourself
in this way:
When you breathe in, experience breathing in.
When you breathe out, be fully conscious that
you are breathing out.
If you cherish and practice...
continue...
To say it is a crime that would mean there is a law which prohibits such actions. But, there is no such law. To do so ... well, that is just human
There is nothing special about Zen. But, you know the practice From the practice, you can learn and understand more of your readings about Buddhism. The choice is and always will be yours ... haha