“Man is not Good-natured nor Bad-natured, but Buddha natured” — Kaiten Nukariya Buddha Copy Share Image
“Zen has no business with the dregs and sediments of sages of yore. 8.” — Kaiten Nukariya Business Copy Share Image
“Sayings and Doings of Ta-zan') is one of the best Zen books. [FN#142]” — Kaiten Nukariya Books Copy Share Image
“2. Enlightenment implies an Insight into the Nature of Self. We” — Kaiten Nukariya Buddhism Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment is beyond Description and Analysis 2. Enlightenment Implies an Insight into the Nature of Self” — Kaiten Nukariya Buddhism Copy Share Image
“Shakespeare, the greatest of poets, was the greatest reader of Nature and life.” — Kaiten Nukariya Books Copy Share Image
“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]” — Kaiten Nukariya Life Copy Share Image
“I simply worship Buddha. I ask Buddha for nothing. I ask Dharma for nothing. I ask Samgha for nothing.” — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“If the primitive faith be called the genuine, as these scholars think, and the later developed faith be the degenerated one,” — Kaiten Nukariya Faith 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 Life Copy Share Image
“sympathy, loyalty, benevolence, mercy, humanity, are observed in human beings.” — Kaiten Nukariya Benevolence 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
“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 Spirit Formless 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
“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
“Chwen Hih (Hu dai shi), known as Chwen the Great. He is said to have been accustomed to wear a Confucianist hat,… — Kaiten Nukariya 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
“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
“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
“Who can live the same moment twice? In comparison with an organism, inorganic matter appears to be constant and changeless; but, in… — Kaiten Nukariya Biology 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… — Kaiten Nukariya Buddha nature 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 Leaves Changing Copy Share Image
“Over against these generalizations we raise no objection, but there are many cases, in practical life, of doubtful nature. An act of… — Kaiten Nukariya Generalizations Copy Share Image
“Zenists call them 'pairs of opposites.' It holds good also in human affairs: advantage is always accompanied by disadvantage; loss by gain;… — Kaiten Nukariya Beauty Copy Share Image
“There are a good many people always buoyant in spirit and mirthful in appearance as if born optimists. There are also no… — Kaiten Nukariya Good man 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
“Every morning, looking into the mirror, you will find your visage reflected in it just as it was on the preceding day;… — Kaiten Nukariya Every morning 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 Ur Eyes Copy Share Image
“Pray deliver me," said a sinner to Sang Tsung (So-san).[FN#261] "Who ties you up?" was the reply. You tie yourself up day… — Kaiten Nukariya Day and night 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
“If it be said that it is the mind that produces Karma (I ask), what is the mind? If you mean the… — Kaiten Nukariya Hands and feet Copy Share Image
“Now let us say (a few words) to refute this doctrine also. If mind as well as external objects be unreal, who… — Kaiten Nukariya Existence Copy Share Image
“Confucius, Lao Tsz, and Shakya, however, were all the wisest of sages. Each of them gave his teachings in a way different… — Kaiten Nukariya Buddhism Copy Share Image
“9. Retribution[FN#220] in the Past, the Present, and the Future Life. Then a question suggests itself: If there be no soul that… — Kaiten Nukariya Future life Copy Share Image
“Christ on the cross was more Christ than Jesus at the table. Luther at war with the Pope was more Luther than… — Kaiten Nukariya Luther Copy Share Image
“What is this life which pervades the grandest as well as the minutest works of Nature, and which may fitly be said… — Kaiten Nukariya Life Copy Share Image
![“Sayings and Doings of Ta-zan') is one of the best Zen books. [FN#142]” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/35b/kaiten-nukariya-793_books_sayings-and-doings-of-ta-zan-is-one-of-t_731153.jpg)
![“13. 'The Ten Pictures of the Cowherd.'[FN#275]” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/94a/kaiten-nukariya-793_quote_13-the-ten-pictures-of-the-cowherd-fn-27_138473.jpg)
![“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]” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/93a/kaiten-nukariya-793_life_keep-the-secret-i-tell-you-now-even-at-t_143035.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/quotes/img-quotes/d4e/kaiten-nukariya-793_quote_rin-zai-also-says-spirit-is-formless-but_13012.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/quotes/img-quotes/adb/kaiten-nukariya-793_truth_he-understands-the-truth-of-misery-the-t_359026.jpg)
![“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/quotes/img-quotes/0e8/kaiten-nukariya-793_buddhism_8-man-is-not-good-natured-nor-bad-nature_405320.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/quotes/img-quotes/5ea/kaiten-nukariya-793_ur-eyes_ho-ki-ichi-fn-228-a-great-blind-scholar_736082.jpg)
![“Pray deliver me," said a sinner to Sang Tsung (So-san).[FN#261] "Who ties you up?" was the reply. You tie yourself up day and night with the fine thread of idle thoughts, and build a cocoon of environment from which you have no way of escape. 'There is no rope, yet you imagine yourself bound.' Who…” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1e4/kaiten-nukariya-793_day-and-night_pray-deliver-me-said-a-sinner-to-sang-ts_513840.jpg)
![“9. Retribution[FN#220] in the Past, the Present, and the Future Life. Then a question suggests itself: If there be no soul that survives body (as shown in the preceding chapter), who will receive the retributions of our actions in the present life? To answer this question, we have to restate our…” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e50/kaiten-nukariya-793_future-life_9-retribution-fn-220-in-the-past-the-pre_890454.jpg)
![“Christ on the cross was more Christ than Jesus at the table. Luther at war with the Pope was more Luther than he at peace. Nichi-ren[FN#225] laid the foundation of his church when sword and sceptre threatened him with death. Shin-ran[FN#226] and Hen-en[FN#227] established their respective faiths…” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ef8/kaiten-nukariya-793_peace_christ-on-the-cross-was-more-christ-than_980411.jpg)
