Nature Quotes by Kaiten Nukariya

“The Examination of the Notion of Self 5. Nature is the Mother of All Things 6. Real Self”

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“2. Enlightenment implies an Insight into the Nature of Self. We”

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“The earth and the heaven utter no word, but they ceaselessly repeat the holy book unwritten.”

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“Enlightenment is beyond Description and Analysis 2. Enlightenment Implies an Insight into the Nature of Self”

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“Shakespeare, the greatest of poets, was the greatest reader of Nature and life.”

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“Is it true, sir," asked a monk of Teu tsz (To-shi), "that all the voices of Nature are those of Buddha?”

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“According to the theory of Buddha-nature, the fact that the good become bad or the bad become good, does not imply in…

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“The aim of learning is to bring out this Bright Nature. This is the best thing in the world. Real happiness can…

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“Why not, then, these trees, grass, etc., the alphabets of Nature when they compose the Volume of the Universe? Even the meanest…

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“Life Consists in Conflict 5. The Mystery of Life 6. Nature favours Nothing in Particular 7. The Law of Balance in Life…

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“mind is pure and bright in its nature like a mirror, but the dirt and dust of passions and of low desires…

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“All women are our mothers; all men our fathers; all earth and water our bodies in the past existences; all fire and…

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“5. There is no Mortal who is Purely Moral. By nature man should be either good or bad; or he should be…

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“Reality exists as appearances, and appearances are reality known to human beings. You cannot separate appearances from reality, and hold out the…

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“in practical life, of doubtful nature. An act of charity, for example, might do others some sort of damage, as is often…

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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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“Suppose there were only births and no deaths. The earth has to be packed with men and women, who are doomed to…

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“This Universal Life, according to Zen, pillars the heaven, supports the earth, glorifies the sun and moon, gives voice to thunder, tinges…

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“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…

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“Every morning, looking into the mirror, you will find your visage reflected in it just as it was on the preceding day;…

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“Buddha-nature may be compared with the sun, and individual mind with the sky. Then an Enlightened mind is like the sky in…

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“Individual self should be a poor miserable thing if it were not essentially connected with the Universal Life. We can always enjoy…

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“To be the ruler of things we have first to shut up all our senses, and turn the currents of thoughts inward,…

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“Most people regard death as the greatest of evils, only because they fear death. They fear death only because they have the…

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“2. The Errors of Philosophical Pessimists and Religious Optimists. Philosophical pessimists[FN#214] maintain that there are on earth many more causes of pain…

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“6. Nature Favours Nothing in Particular. There is another point of view of life, which gave the present writer no small contentment,…

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“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…

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“15. Nature and her Lesson. Nature offers us nectar and ambrosia every day, and everywhere we go the rose and lily await…

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“11. Everything is Living according to Zen. Everything alive has a strong innate tendency to preserve itself, to assert itself, to push…

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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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“5. Nature is the Mother of All Things. Furthermore, man has come into existence out of Nature. He is her child. She…

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“When we get the insight into this Self, we are able to have the open sesame to the mysteries of the universe,…

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“Enlightened Consciousness, or Buddha-nature, as we have seen in the previous chapter, is the mind of mind and the consciousness of consciousness,…

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“Enlightened consciousness is often called Buddha-nature, as it is the real nature of Universal Spirit. Zen teachers compare it with a precious…

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“To forget self and identify it with nature is to break down its limitation and to set it at liberty. To break…

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“Ye who seek for purity and peace, go to Nature. She will give you more than ye ask. Ye who long for…

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“Who can live the same moment twice? In comparison with an organism, inorganic matter appears to be constant and changeless; but, in…

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“Over against these generalizations we raise no objection, but there are many cases, in practical life, of doubtful nature. An act of…

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“Enlightenment, first of all, implies an insight into the nature of Self. It is an emancipation of mind from illusion concerning Self.…

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“Nature favours nothing in particular. So everything has its advantage and disadvantage as well. What one gains on the one hand one…

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