“Although all sentient beings are endowed with this Enlightened Consciousness, they are not aware of its existence, excepting men who can discover… — Kaiten Nukariya Enlightened Copy Share Image
“purely good actions are those actions which subserve and never hinder human interests either material or spiritual, such as humanity and love… — Kaiten Nukariya Good actions Copy Share Image
“the world itself, too, is changing and changeable. It reveals new phases from time to time, and can be moulded to subserve… — Kaiten Nukariya Change Copy Share Image
“comparing it with a gem says: "There exists a bright gem illuminating through the worlds in ten directions by its light."[FN#143]” — Kaiten Nukariya Light Copy Share Image
“When we are Enlightened, or when Universal Spirit awakens within us, we open the inexhaustible store of virtues and excellencies, and can… — Kaiten Nukariya Character Copy Share Image
“The belief in immortality is based on the strong instinct of self-preservation that calls forth an insatiable longing for longevity. It is… — Kaiten Nukariya Death Copy Share Image
“What does his Reality or Truth imply? Do they denote or connote anything? Mere name! mere abstraction!” — Kaiten Nukariya Abstraction Copy Share Image
“12. The Great Person and Small Person. For these reasons Zen proposes to call man Buddha-natured or Good-natured in a sense transcendental… — Kaiten Nukariya Buddha Copy Share Image
“At all events, she is the mother of all beings. She lives in all things and they live in her. All that… — Kaiten Nukariya Life Copy Share Image
“the living altar of Buddha Himself. Whatever we do, we do with grateful heart and pure joy sanctioned by Enlightened Consciousness; eating,… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“4. Buddha, the Universal Life. Zen conceives Buddha as a Being, who moves, stirs, inspires, enlivens, and vitalizes everything. Accordingly, we may… — Kaiten Nukariya Buddha Copy Share Image
“an action is good when it promotes interests, material or spiritual, as intended by the actor in his motive; and it is… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“The miracles of yesterday are the commonplaces of to-day. Now theories are formed, new discoveries are made, only to give their places… — Kaiten Nukariya Miracles Copy Share Image
“relying on our inner experience, which is the only direct way of knowing Buddha, we conceive Him as a Being with profound… — Kaiten Nukariya Buddha Copy Share Image
“13. Do Thy Best and Leave the Rest to Providence. There is another point of view which enables us to enjoy life.… — Kaiten Nukariya Enjoy life Copy Share Image
“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… — Kaiten Nukariya Buddhism Copy Share Image
“The second stage is called the Rank of Service,[FN#271] in which the student distinguishes himself by his loyalty to the Mind-King, and… — Kaiten Nukariya Love Copy Share Image
“Sit in a quiet place and meditate in imagination that body is no more bondage to you, that it is your machine… — Kaiten Nukariya Discipline Copy Share Image
“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… — Kaiten Nukariya Art Copy Share Image
“4. Man is neither Good-natured nor Bad-natured according to Su Shih (So-shoku).[FN#164] The difficulty may be avoided by a theory given by… — Kaiten Nukariya Buddhism Copy Share Image
“Neither these men of the world nor Buddhist ascetics can be optimists. The latter rigorously deny themselves sensual gratifications, and keep themselves… — Kaiten Nukariya Buddhism Copy Share Image
“THE DIRECT EXPLANATION OF THE REAL ORIGIN[FN#376] 5. The Ekayana Doctrine that Teaches the Ultimate Reality. This doctrine teaches us that all… — Kaiten Nukariya Birth and death Copy Share Image
“These teachers could through long practice constantly keep their minds buoyant, casting aside useless encumbrances of idle thoughts; bright, driving off the… — Kaiten Nukariya Doubt and fear Copy Share Image
“Deprive yourself of all the possible relationships, and see what you are. Suppose you are not a son to your parents, nor… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“All women are our mothers; all men our fathers; all earth and water our bodies in the past existences; all fire and… — Kaiten Nukariya Essence Copy Share Image
“the Buddha, aged seventy-two, thought it was high time to preach his long-cherished doctrine that all sentient beings can attain to Supreme… — Kaiten Nukariya Buddhism Copy Share Image
“Similarly, the mountain is not high nor low; the river is not deep nor shallow; the house is not large nor small;… — Kaiten Nukariya Comparison Copy Share Image
“life as the causal system of physiological and psychological processes, and life as a system of interrelated-will-attitudes,” — Kaiten Nukariya Life Copy Share Image
“A reality which appears to me as my wife must appear to my son as his mother, and never as his wife.… — Kaiten Nukariya Marriage Copy Share Image
“14. Poetical Intuition and Zen. Since Universal Life or Spirit permeates the universe, the poetical intuition of man never fails to find… — Kaiten Nukariya Intuition Copy Share Image
“There exists a Certain Thing, bright as a mirror, spiritual as a mind, not subjected to growth nor to decay.” — Kaiten Nukariya Growth Copy Share Image
“Thus, in the first place, moral conduct, which is nothing but the expression of Buddha-nature in action, implies the assertion of self… — Kaiten Nukariya Character Copy Share Image
“No action, whether foul or fair, Is ever done, but it leaves somewhere A record-as a blessing or a curse.” — Kaiten Nukariya Curse Copy Share Image
“Both Mahayana and Hinayana Buddhism teach the doctrine of Anatman, or Non-self. It is the denial of soul as conceived by common… — Kaiten Nukariya Buddhism Copy Share Image
“both the Samurai and the Zen monk have to undergo a strict discipline and endure privation without complaint.” — Kaiten Nukariya Discipline Copy Share Image
“Is it true, sir," asked a monk of Teu tsz (To-shi), "that all the voices of Nature are those of Buddha?” — Kaiten Nukariya Nature Copy Share Image
“5. There is no Mortal who is Purely Moral. By nature man should be either good or bad; or he should be… — Kaiten Nukariya Moral Copy Share Image
“Therefore, to get Enlightened we have to believe that all beings are Buddha-natured—that is, absolutely good-natured in the sense that transcends the… — Kaiten Nukariya Enlightened Copy Share Image
“Therefore we may safely conclude that there are no definite external causes of pain and pleasure, and that there must be internal… — Kaiten Nukariya Pain and pleasure Copy Share Image
“9. Life and Change. Transformation and change are the essential features of life; life is not transformation nor change itself,” — Kaiten Nukariya Change Copy Share Image
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