“8. Man is not Good-natured nor Bad-natured, but Buddha-natured. We have had already occasion to observe that Zen teaches Buddha-nature, which all… — Kaiten Nukariya Buddha nature Copy Share Image
“This Universal Life, according to Zen, pillars the heaven, supports the earth, glorifies the sun and moon, gives voice to thunder, tinges… — Kaiten Nukariya Beauty Copy Share Image
“Rin-zai also says: "Spirit is formless, but it penetrates through the world in the ten directions."[FN#149] The Sixth Patriarch expresses the same… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Suppose there were only births and no deaths. The earth has to be packed with men and women, who are doomed to… — Kaiten Nukariya Black hole Copy Share Image
“5. Zazen, or the Sitting in Meditation. Habit comes out of practice, and forms character by degrees, and eventually works out destiny.… — Kaiten Nukariya Buddhism Copy Share Image
“It is a misleading tendency of our intellect to conceive things as if they were immutable and constant. It often leaves changing… — Kaiten Nukariya Abstraction Copy Share Image
“the error can be avoided by limiting the sense of the term 'man,' saying some persons are good-natured, some persons are bad-natured,… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Let, then, your heart be so pure that you may not be unworthy of the sunshine beaming upon you the light of… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time a hunter skilled in catching monkeys alive went into the wood. He put something very sticky on the… — Kaiten Nukariya Money Copy Share Image
“Nirvana," says Kiai Hwan,[FN#276] "means the extinction of pain or the crossing over of the sea of life and death. It denotes… — Kaiten Nukariya Enlightenment Copy Share Image
“In the first case the good action of almsgiving produces the good effect of lessening the sufferings of the poor, who should… — Kaiten Nukariya Almsgiving Copy Share Image
“Most people regard death as the greatest of evils, only because they fear death. They fear death only because they have the… — Kaiten Nukariya Death Copy Share Image
“8. Zazen and the Forgetting of Self. Zazen is a most effectual means of destroying selfishness, the root of all Sin, folly,… — Kaiten Nukariya Meditation Copy Share Image
“what is the use of our life, if it stand still? As the water of a running stream is always fresh and… — Kaiten Nukariya Children Copy Share Image
“2. The Errors of Philosophical Pessimists and Religious Optimists. Philosophical pessimists[FN#214] maintain that there are on earth many more causes of pain… — Kaiten Nukariya Hope Copy Share Image
“When the superior man has free course with his principles, that is what we call his success; when such course is denied,… — Kaiten Nukariya Character Copy Share Image
“we directly experience that it knows, feels, and wills. In the third place, we experience that there exists some power unifying the… — Kaiten Nukariya Life Copy Share Image
“appearances are subject to limitations, while reality is limitless. And it follows that the former are imperfect, while the latter is perfect;… — Kaiten Nukariya Eternal Copy Share Image
“Water,' the Indian tradition has it, 'seems to man as a drink, as emerald to Devas, as bloody pus to Pretas, as… — Kaiten Nukariya Reality Copy Share Image
“Enlightened consciousness is often called Buddha-nature, as it is the real nature of Universal Spirit. Zen teachers compare it with a precious… — Kaiten Nukariya Buddha nature Copy Share Image
“Change as seen by Zen 9. Life and Change 10. Life, Change, and Hope 11. Everything is Living according to Zen 12.… — Kaiten Nukariya Change Copy Share Image
“It often looks not at this thing or at that thing, but at things in general. It loves to think not of… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“A grain of sand you, trample upon has a deeper significance than a series of lectures by your verbal philosopher whom you… — Kaiten Nukariya Philosophy Copy Share Image
“When we get the insight into this Self, we are able to have the open sesame to the mysteries of the universe,… — Kaiten Nukariya Individual life Copy Share Image
“in the use of the terms 'good' and 'bad.' Now let us examine how does good differ from bad. A good action… — Kaiten Nukariya Good action Copy Share Image
“Buddha-nature may be compared with the sun, and individual mind with the sky. Then an Enlightened mind is like the sky in… — Kaiten Nukariya Buddha nature Copy Share Image
“5. Nature is the Mother of All Things. Furthermore, man has come into existence out of Nature. He is her child. She… — Kaiten Nukariya Children Copy Share Image
“mind is pure and bright in its nature like a mirror, but the dirt and dust of passions and of low desires… — Kaiten Nukariya Mirror Copy Share Image
“I cannot imagine the simple chemical and physical forces without attributing the movement of material particles to conscious sensation." The same author… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Enlightened Consciousness, or Buddha-nature, as we have seen in the previous chapter, is the mind of mind and the consciousness of consciousness,… — Kaiten Nukariya Buddha nature Copy Share Image
“Ho Ki Ichi,[FN#228] a great blind scholar, was one evening giving a lecture, without knowing that the light had been put out… — Kaiten Nukariya Blind Copy Share Image
“He understands the truth of misery.' The truth of Duhkha, or misery, is the first of the four Noble Satyas, or Truths,… — Kaiten Nukariya Truth Copy Share Image
“Every activity of mind produces chemical and physiological changes in the nerve-centres, in the organs, and eventually in the whole body; while… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“1. The Doctrine for Men and Devas. The Buddha, to meet temporarily the spiritual needs of the uninitiated, preached a doctrine concerning… — Kaiten Nukariya Bad karma Copy Share Image
“Once become conscious of Divine Life within you, yon can see it in your brethren, no matter how different they may be… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Although all of the above-mentioned five doctrines were preached by the Buddha Himself, yet there are some that belong to the Sudden,… — Kaiten Nukariya Education Copy Share Image
“Individual self should be a poor miserable thing if it were not essentially connected with the Universal Life. We can always enjoy… — Kaiten Nukariya Happiness Copy Share Image
“Faith must be living and growing, and the living and growing faith should assume no fixed form. It might seem for a… — Kaiten Nukariya Faith Copy Share Image
“The third stage is called the Rank of Merit,[FN#272] in which the student distinguishes himself by his 'meritorious' acts of conquering over… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“To be the ruler of things we have first to shut up all our senses, and turn the currents of thoughts inward,… — Kaiten Nukariya Goals Copy Share Image
![“8. Man is not Good-natured nor Bad-natured, but Buddha-natured. We have had already occasion to observe that Zen teaches Buddha-nature, which all sentient beings are endowed with. The term 'Buddha-nature,'[FN#165] as accepted generally by Buddhists, means a latent and undeveloped nature, which…” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/0e8/kaiten-nukariya-793_buddhism_8-man-is-not-good-natured-nor-bad-nature_405320.jpg)
![“Rin-zai also says: "Spirit is formless, but it penetrates through the world in the ten directions."[FN#149] The Sixth Patriarch expresses the same idea more explicitly: "What creates the phenomena is Mind; what transcends all the phenomena is Buddha."[FN#150]” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/d4e/kaiten-nukariya-793_spirit-formless_rin-zai-also-says-spirit-is-formless-but_13012.jpg)
![“Nirvana," says Kiai Hwan,[FN#276] "means the extinction of pain or the crossing over of the sea of life and death. It denotes the real permanent state of spiritual attainment. It does not signify destruction or annihilation. It denotes the belief in the great root of life and spirit." It is…” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/5e8/kaiten-nukariya-793_life_nirvana-says-kiai-hwan-fn-276-means-the_1135340.jpg)
![“2. The Errors of Philosophical Pessimists and Religious Optimists. Philosophical pessimists[FN#214] maintain that there are on earth many more causes of pain than of pleasure; and that pain exists positively, but pleasure is a mere absence of pain because we are conscious of sickness but not of…” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/584/kaiten-nukariya-793_hope_2-the-errors-of-philosophical-pessimists_98837.jpg)
![“Ho Ki Ichi,[FN#228] a great blind scholar, was one evening giving a lecture, without knowing that the light had been put out by the wind. When his pupils requested him to stop for a moment, he remarked with a smile: "Why, how inconvenient are your eyes!" Where there is contentment, there is…” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/5ea/kaiten-nukariya-793_blind_ho-ki-ichi-fn-228-a-great-blind-scholar_736082.jpg)
![“He understands the truth of misery.' The truth of Duhkha, or misery, is the first of the four Noble Satyas, or Truths, that ought to be realized by the Hinayanists. According to the Hinayana doctrine, misery is a necessary concomitant of sentient life.' [FN#351]” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/adb/kaiten-nukariya-793_truth_he-understands-the-truth-of-misery-the-t_359026.jpg)
![“The third stage is called the Rank of Merit,[FN#272] in which the student distinguishes himself by his 'meritorious' acts of conquering over the rebel army of passion which rises against the Mind-King. Now, his rank is not the rank of a courtier, but the rank of a general. In other words, his duty…” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/3bb/kaiten-nukariya-793_quote_the-third-stage-is-called-the-rank-of-me_355420.jpg){kind=icon}
