To think that practice and realization are not one is a heretical view. In the Buddha Dharma, practice and realization are identical. Because one's present practice is practice in realization, one's initial negotiating of the Way in itself is the… — Masao Abe Copy Share Image
When one existentially awakens from within, the relation of birth-and-death is not seen as a sequential change from the former to the latter. Rather,… — Masao Abe Copy Share Image
In Buddhism, compassion always goes with wisdom. Compassion without wisdom is not understood to be true compassion, and wisdom without compassion is not true… — Masao Abe Copy Share Image
Science without religion is dangerous because it necessarily entails a mechanization of humanity and consequent loss of individual autonomy and spirituality. On the other… — Masao Abe Copy Share Image
Buddhist nirvana ... is based on egolessness and is not anthropocentric but rather cosmological. In Buddhism, humans and the things of the universe are… — Masao Abe Copy Share Image
Emptiness is not a mere emptiness, but rather fullness in which the distinctiveness of everything is throughly realized. — Masao Abe Copy Share Image
To think that practice and realization are not one is a heretical view. In the Buddha Dharma, practice and realization are identical. Because one's… — Masao Abe Copy Share Image
