Life Quotes by Kaiten Nukariya

“we experience that our life is not a bare mechanical motion or change, but is a spiritual, purposive, and self-directing force.”

— Kaiten Nukariya

“Zen masters enjoyed a long life in spite of their extremely simple mode of living.”

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“death is of capital importance for a continuation of life, because death carries away all the decaying organism in the way of…

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“Hinayanism is, generally speaking, inclined to be pessimistic, but Mahayanism in the main holds the optimistic view of life.”

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“Zen is Iconoclastic 3. Buddha is Unnamable 4. Buddha, the Universal Life 5. Life and Change”

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“A peculiar phase of life is change which appears in the form of growth and decay. Nobody can deny the transitoriness of…

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“All women are our mothers; all men our fathers; all earth and water our bodies in the past existences; all fire and…

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“life as the causal system of physiological and psychological processes, and life as a system of interrelated-will-attitudes,”

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“the doctrine of Transience supplies us with an inexhaustible source of hope and comfort, leads us into the living universe, and introduces…

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“At all events, she is the mother of all beings. She lives in all things and they live in her. All that…

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“the living altar of Buddha Himself. Whatever we do, we do with grateful heart and pure joy sanctioned by Enlightened Consciousness; eating,…

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“4. Buddha, the Universal Life. Zen conceives Buddha as a Being, who moves, stirs, inspires, enlivens, and vitalizes everything. Accordingly, we may…

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“13. Do Thy Best and Leave the Rest to Providence. There is another point of view which enables us to enjoy life.…

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“the Mahayanist's aim of life is to bring out man's inborn light of Buddha-nature to illumine the world, to realize the universal…

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“soul is taken as a subject matter to receive in the future life the reward or the punishment from God for our…

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“We ask Buddha for nothing. We ask Dharma for nothing. We ask Samgha for nothing." Nothing we ask of Buddha. No worldly…

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“Suppose our sight could see all things at once, then sight has no value nor use for us, because it is life's…

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“So are our lives. They are no other than the transformation of the Vijnyanas; but in consequence of illusion, we take them…

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“Sho-bo-gen-zo. This certain thing or being is too sublime to be named after a traditional or a national deity, too spiritual to…

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“Tathagata (another name for Buddha) gives life to all beings, just as the lake Anavatapta gives rise to the four great rivers."…

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“the world of appearances is valueless, as it is limited, short-lived, imperfect, painful, sinful, hopeless, and miserable; while the realm of reality…

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“Nirvana," says Kiai Hwan,[FN#276] "means the extinction of pain or the crossing over of the sea of life and death. It denotes…

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“what is the use of our life, if it stand still? As the water of a running stream is always fresh and…

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“in practical life, of doubtful nature. An act of charity, for example, might do others some sort of damage, as is often…

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“It is no less silly to trouble yourself about death than you do about gravitation. Can you realize that death, which you…

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“There is nothing," (the author of) Madhyamika-castra[FN#369] says, "that ever came into existence without direct and indirect causes. Therefore there is anything…

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“7. The Law of Balance in Life. It is also the case with human affairs. Social positions high or low, occupations spiritual…

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“Sit in a quiet place and meditate in imagination that body is no more bondage to you, that it is your machine…

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“Neither these men of the world nor Buddhist ascetics can be optimists. The latter rigorously deny themselves sensual gratifications, and keep themselves…

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“1. The Doctrine for Men and Devas. The Buddha, to meet temporarily the spiritual needs of the uninitiated, preached a doctrine concerning…

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“To be the ruler of things we have first to shut up all our senses, and turn the currents of thoughts inward,…

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“2. The Doctrine of the Hinayanists. This doctrine tells us that (both) the body, that is formed of matter, and the mind,…

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“4. Life Consists in Conflict. Life consists in conflict. So long as man remains a social animal he cannot live in isolation.…

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“The believer in Buddha is thankful to him, not only for the sunshine of life, but also for its wind, rain, snow,…

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“Life changes and is changeable; consequently, has its future. Hope is therefore possible.”

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“9. Life and Change. Transformation and change are the essential features of life; life is not transformation nor change itself,”

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“Suppose an absolutely changeless body: it must be absolutely lifeless. An eternally changeless life is equivalent to an eternally changeless death.”

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“Shakespeare, the greatest of poets, was the greatest reader of Nature and life.”

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“Keep the secret I tell you now, even at the cost of your life. It is this-don't be passionate. That is all."[FN#268]”

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“Zen holds that the faith must be based not on the dead Scriptures, but on living facts, that one must turn over…

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