“There is no mind isolated from body, nor is there any body separated from mind.” — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Buddha is Mind itself. Mind itself is Dharma. Buddha is identical with Dharma. So is Samgha.” — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Therefore Zen declares that there is no such thing as soul, and that mind and body are one.” — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“If the movements of my hand are neither (too) gentle nor (too) violent, the idea in my mind is realized.” — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“There exists a Certain Thing, bright as a mirror, spiritual as a mind, not subjected to growth nor to decay.” — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“life as the causal system of physiological and psychological processes, and life as a system of interrelated-will-attitudes,” — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“The Highest Good consists," says he, "in the emptiness of mind and non-attachment. Transcendence is its cause, and Nirvana is its result.… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Idealism is a most potent medicine for these self-created mental diseases. It will successfully drive away devils and spirits that frequent ignorant… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“If you have come for the Law," replied Hwui Nang, "you must put an end to all your struggles and longings. Think… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Enlightened Consciousness in the individual mind acquires for its possessor, not a relative knowledge of things as his intellect does, but the… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“The good are rewarded morally, not physically; their own virtues, honours, mental peace, and satisfaction are ample compensation for their goodness. Confucius,… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“8. Zen is not Nihilistic. Zen judged from ancient Zen masters' aphorisms may seem, at the first sight, to be idealistic in… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Having set ourselves free from the misconception of Self, next we must awaken our innermost wisdom, pure and divine, called the Mind… — 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
“It is not objective reality that displays the phenomenal universe before us, but it is our mind that plays an important part.… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“2. The First Step in the Mental Training. Some of the old Zen masters are said to have attained to supreme Enlightenment… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“9. Zen and Idealism. Next Zen makes use of Idealism as explained by the Dharmalaksana School of Mahayana Buddhism.[FN#197] For instance, the… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“These teachers could through long practice constantly keep their minds buoyant, casting aside useless encumbrances of idle thoughts; bright, driving off the… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Some scholars maintain that we cannot think of non-existence of space, even if we can leave out all objects in it; nor… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Self is living entity, not immutable like soul, but mutable and ever-changing life, which is body when observed by senses, and which… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Things appear, they would say, as we see them through our limited senses; but they must present entirely different aspects to those… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Its mental discipline, however, is by far more fruitful, and keeps one's mind in equipoise, making one neither passionate nor dispassionate, neither… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“[FN#268] Se-ji-hyaku-dan. 12. 'The Five Ranks of Merit.' Thus far we have stated how to train our body and mind according to… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“This real self lies dormant under the threshold of consciousness in the minds of the confused; consequently, each of them is inclined… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Idle thoughts come and go over unenlightened minds six hundred and fifty times in a snap of one's fingers," writes an Indian… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“If all (these elements) be taken as Atman, there must be eight Atmans (for each person). More than that! There are many… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“The first step in the mental training is to become the master of external things. He who is addicted to worldly pleasures,… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“4. The Third Step in the Mental Training. To be the lord of mind is more essential to Enlightenment, which, in a… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“2. The Doctrine of the Hinayanists. This doctrine tells us that (both) the body, that is formed of matter, and the mind,… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“5. The Mystery of Life. Thus far we have pointed out the inevitable conflictions in life in order to prepare ourselves for… — 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
“Every activity of mind produces chemical and physiological changes in the nerve-centres, in the organs, and eventually in the whole body; while… — 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
“To get Enlightened, therefore, we have to correct, first of all, our notions concerning Self. Individual body and mind are not the… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“It is the Universal Spirit awakened in the human mind. It is not the mind that feels joy or sorrow; nor is… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“If you want to secure Dhyana, let go of your anxieties and failures in the past; let bygones be bygones; cast aside… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“3. The Next Step in the Mental Training. In the next place we have to strive to be the master of our… — Kaiten Nukariya 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 Copy Share Image
“The fourth is 'the non-deprivation of both subject and object'—that is to say, the non-denial of subject and object—a view which holds… — 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
![“Having set ourselves free from the misconception of Self, next we must awaken our innermost wisdom, pure and divine, called the Mind of Buddha,[FN#190] or Bodhi,[FN#191] or Prajnya[FN#192] by Zen masters.” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/46f/kaiten-nukariya-793_buddhism_having-set-ourselves-free-from-the-misco_2837291.jpg)
![“9. Zen and Idealism. Next Zen makes use of Idealism as explained by the Dharmalaksana School of Mahayana Buddhism.[FN#197] For instance, the Fourth Patriarch says: "Hundreds and thousands of laws originate with mind. Innumerable mysterious virtues proceed from the mental source." Niu Teu (Go-zu)…” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a4d/kaiten-nukariya-793_cease-to-exist_9-zen-and-idealism-next-zen-makes-use-of_862124.jpg)
![“[FN#268] Se-ji-hyaku-dan. 12. 'The Five Ranks of Merit.' Thus far we have stated how to train our body and mind according to the general rules and customs established by Zenists. And here we shall describe the different stages of mental uplifting through which the student of Zen has to go. They…” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0a6/kaiten-nukariya-793_common-people_fn-268-se-ji-hyaku-dan-12-the-five-ranks_119094.jpg)
![“Idle thoughts come and go over unenlightened minds six hundred and fifty times in a snap of one's fingers," writes an Indian teacher,[FN#260] "and thirteen hundred million times every twenty-four hours." This might be an exaggeration, yet we cannot but acknowledge that one idle thought after…” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/abe/kaiten-nukariya-793_psychology_idle-thoughts-come-and-go-over-unenlight_272679.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)
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