“The Examination of the Notion of Self 5. Nature is the Mother of All Things 6. Real Self” — Kaiten Nukariya 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 Copy Share Image
“Shakespeare, the greatest of poets, was the greatest reader of Nature and life.” — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment is beyond Description and Analysis 2. Enlightenment Implies an Insight into the Nature of Self” — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Why not, then, these trees, grass, etc., the alphabets of Nature when they compose the Volume of the Universe? Even the meanest… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“The aim of learning is to bring out this Bright Nature. This is the best thing in the world. Real happiness can… — Kaiten Nukariya 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 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 Copy Share Image
“in practical life, of doubtful nature. An act of charity, for example, might do others some sort of damage, as is often… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Reality exists as appearances, and appearances are reality known to human beings. You cannot separate appearances from reality, and hold out the… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“To forget self and identify it with nature is to break down its limitation and to set it at liberty. To break… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Ye who seek for purity and peace, go to Nature. She will give you more than ye ask. Ye who long for… — Kaiten Nukariya 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 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 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 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 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 Copy Share Image
“15. Nature and her Lesson. Nature offers us nectar and ambrosia every day, and everywhere we go the rose and lily await… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“6. Nature Favours Nothing in Particular. There is another point of view of life, which gave the present writer no small contentment,… — 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 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 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 Copy Share Image
“Again, the law of balance does not allow anyone to take the lion's share of nature's gifts. Beauty in face is accompanied… — Kaiten Nukariya 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 Copy Share Image
“1. The Method of Instruction Adopted by Zen Masters. Thus far we have described the doctrine of Zen inculcated by both Chinese… — Kaiten Nukariya 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 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 Copy Share Image
“As we men live and act, so do our arteries; so does blood; so do corpuscles. As cells and protoplasm live and… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“3. The Law of Balance. Nature governs the world with her law of balance. She puts things ever in pairs,[FN#216] and leaves… — Kaiten Nukariya 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 Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment, first of all, implies an insight into the nature of Self. It is an emancipation of mind from illusion concerning Self.… — Kaiten Nukariya 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 Copy Share Image
“The earth and the heaven utter no word, but they ceaselessly repeat the holy book unwritten.” — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Life Consists in Conflict 5. The Mystery of Life 6. Nature favours Nothing in Particular 7. The Law of Balance in Life… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“According to the theory of Buddha-nature, the fact that the good become bad or the bad become good, does not imply in… — Kaiten Nukariya 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 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 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 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 Copy Share Image
“the new theory of matter has entirely over thrown the old conception of the unchanging atoms, and they are now regarded to be composed… — 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 provided him… — Kaiten Nukariya 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 idea more… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“(O-yo-mei) won a splendid victory over the rebel army which threatened the throne of the Ming dynasty. During that warfare Wang was giving a… — Kaiten Nukariya 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 ever promotes… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Although all sentient beings are endowed with this Enlightened Consciousness, they are not aware of its existence, excepting men who can discover it by… — Kaiten Nukariya 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 fewer persons… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“it is the overcoming of egoism, the destroying of mean desires, the uplifting of the moral ideal, and the disclosing of inborn wisdom. [FN#12]” — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“The fourth stage is called the Rank of Co-operative Merit,[FN#273] in which the student 'co-operates' with other persons in order to complete his merit.… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“It is bare nonsense to say that I go to school, not to be educated as a member of society, but simply to gratify… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“8. The Application of the Law of Causation to Morals. Although it may be needless to state here the law of causation at any… — Kaiten Nukariya 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 Su Shih and other scholars influenced by Buddhism, which maintains that man is neither good-natured nor bad-natured. According to this opinion man is not moral…” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/83c/kaiten-nukariya-793_buddhism_4-man-is-neither-good-natured-nor-bad-na_100937.jpg)
![“15. Nature and her Lesson. Nature offers us nectar and ambrosia every day, and everywhere we go the rose and lily await us. "Spring visits us men," says Gu-do,[FN#277] "her mercy is great. Every blossom holds out the image of Tathagata." "What is the spiritual body of Buddha who is immortal and…” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d1a/kaiten-nukariya-793_buddhism_15-nature-and-her-lesson-nature-offers-u_1033663.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/quotes/img-quotes/584/kaiten-nukariya-793_hope_2-the-errors-of-philosophical-pessimists_98837.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)
![“3. The Law of Balance. Nature governs the world with her law of balance. She puts things ever in pairs,[FN#216] and leaves nothing in isolation. Positives stand in opposition to negatives, actives to passives, males to females, and so on. Thus we get the ebb in opposition to the flood tide; the…” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a49/kaiten-nukariya-793_nature_3-the-law-of-balance-nature-governs-the_2304199.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)
![“it is the overcoming of egoism, the destroying of mean desires, the uplifting of the moral ideal, and the disclosing of inborn wisdom. [FN#12]” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3ae/kaiten-nukariya-793_uplifting_it-is-the-overcoming-of-egoism-the-destr_46308.jpg)
![“The fourth stage is called the Rank of Co-operative Merit,[FN#273] in which the student 'co-operates' with other persons in order to complete his merit. Now, he is not compared with a general who conquers his foe, but with the prime-minister who co-operates with other officials to the benefit of…” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4a6/kaiten-nukariya-793_quote_the-fourth-stage-is-called-the-rank-of-c_48041.jpg){kind=icon}
