Meditation Quotes by Kaiten Nukariya

“Sayings and Doings of Ta-zan') is one of the best Zen books. [FN#142]”

— Kaiten Nukariya

“Zen is often called the Sect of Buddha-mind, as it lays stress on the awakening of the Mind of Buddha.”

— Kaiten Nukariya

“So-kei, a Korean Zenist, whose work entitled Zen-ke-ki-kwan is worthy of our note as a representation of Korean Zen. [FN#143]”

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

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

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“Zen regards all sutras as a sort of pictured food which has no power of appeasing spiritual hunger;”

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“Zen is not, nevertheless, iconoclastic in the commonly accepted sense of the term,”

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“both the Samurai and the Zen monk have to undergo a strict discipline and endure privation without complaint.”

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“The sole means of securing mental calmness is the practice of Zazen, or the sitting in Meditation. This method was known in…

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“Buddhist as well as non-Buddhist religions regard, without exception, their founders as superhuman beings, but the practisers of Zen hold the Buddha…

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“There are eight noble paths that lead to the extinction of suffering—that is, Right faith, Right resolve, Right speech, Right action, Right…

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“9. Zen and Supernatural Power. Yoga[FN#250] claims that various supernatural powers can be acquired by Meditation, but Zen does not make any…

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“5. Zazen, or the Sitting in Meditation. Habit comes out of practice, and forms character by degrees, and eventually works out destiny.…

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“8. Zen is not Nihilistic. Zen judged from ancient Zen masters' aphorisms may seem, at the first sight, to be idealistic in…

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“Zen is noted for its physical and mental training. That the daily practice of Zazen[FN#12] and the breathing exercise remarkably improves one's…

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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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“8. Zazen and the Forgetting of Self. Zazen is a most effectual means of destroying selfishness, the root of all Sin, folly,…

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“Zen is completely free from the fetters of old dogmas, dead creeds, and conventions of stereotyped past, that check the development of…

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“Yang Shan (Kyo-zan) asked Wei Shan (I-san): 'What shall we do when hundreds, thousands, and millions of things beset us all at…

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“Zen's object of worship cannot be named and determined as God, or Brahman, or Amitabha, or Creator, or Nature, or Reality, or…

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“Zen[FN#195] is neither idealistic nor nihilistic. Zen makes use of the nihilistic idea of Hinayana Buddhism, and calls its students' attention to…

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“The Scripture of Zen is written with facts simple and familiar, so simple and familiar with everyday life that they escape observation…

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“8. Change as seen by Zen. Zen, like Hinayanism, does not deny the doctrine of Transience, but it has come to a…

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“To sit in Meditation is not the only method of practising Zazen. "We practise Dhyana in sitting, in standing, and in walking,"…

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“How wonderful is the Sermon of the Inanimate," says Tung Shan (To-zan). "You cannot hear it through your ears, but you can…

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“Buddhists sharply distinguished Zazen from Yoga, and have the method peculiar to themselves. Kei-zan[FN#244] describes the method to the following effect: 'Secure…

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“A Chinese Zen master[FN#230] tells us that the method of instruction adopted by Zen may aptly be compared with that of an…

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“7. Calmness of Mind. The Yogi breathing above mentioned is fit rather for physical exercise than for mental balance, and it will…

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“1. The Method of Instruction Adopted by Zen Masters. Thus far we have described the doctrine of Zen inculcated by both Chinese…

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“There are two postures in Zazen—that is to say, the crossed-leg sitting, and the half crossed-leg sitting. Seat yourself on a thick…

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“The word Zen is the Sinico-Japanese abbreviation of the Sanskrit Dhyana, or Meditation.”

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“Zen has no business with the dregs and sediments of sages of yore. 8.”

— Kaiten Nukariya