“Man is not Good-natured nor Bad-natured, but Buddha natured” — Kaiten Nukariya Buddha Copy Share Image
“Zen has no business with the dregs and sediments of sages of yore. 8.” — Kaiten Nukariya Business Copy Share Image
“Only birth and no death is far worse than only death and no birth.” — Kaiten Nukariya Birth Copy Share Image
“Sayings and Doings of Ta-zan') is one of the best Zen books. [FN#142]” — Kaiten Nukariya Books Copy Share Image
“Has there been any traitor who performed the ignoble conduct to promote the welfare of his own country or society at large?… — Kaiten Nukariya Conduct Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment is beyond Description and Analysis 2. Enlightenment Implies an Insight into the Nature of Self” — Kaiten Nukariya Buddhism Copy Share Image
“Shakespeare, the greatest of poets, was the greatest reader of Nature and life.” — Kaiten Nukariya Books Copy Share Image
“Keep the secret I tell you now, even at the cost of your life. It is this-don't be passionate. That is all."[FN#268]” — Kaiten Nukariya Life Copy Share Image
“I simply worship Buddha. I ask Buddha for nothing. I ask Dharma for nothing. I ask Samgha for nothing.” — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“If the primitive faith be called the genuine, as these scholars think, and the later developed faith be the degenerated one,” — Kaiten Nukariya Faith Copy Share Image
“Enlightened Consciousness 16. Buddha Dwelling in the Individual Mind Enlightened Consciousness is not an Intellectual Insight” — Kaiten Nukariya Enlightenment 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 Life 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… — Kaiten Nukariya Spirit Formless Copy Share Image
“5. Zazen, or the Sitting in Meditation. Habit comes out of practice, and forms character by degrees, and eventually works out destiny.… — Kaiten Nukariya Buddhism Copy Share Image
“we directly experience that it knows, feels, and wills. In the third place, we experience that there exists some power unifying the… — Kaiten Nukariya Life Copy Share Image
“Chwen Hih (Hu dai shi), known as Chwen the Great. He is said to have been accustomed to wear a Confucianist hat,… — 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 Children 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… — Kaiten Nukariya Good action Copy Share Image
“He understands the truth of misery.' The truth of Duhkha, or misery, is the first of the four Noble Satyas, or Truths,… — Kaiten Nukariya Truth 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 Psychology 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 Buddha nature Copy Share Image
“It is a misleading tendency of our intellect to conceive things as if they were immutable and constant. It often leaves changing… — Kaiten Nukariya Leaves Changing Copy Share Image
“Let, then, your heart be so pure that you may not be unworthy of the sunshine beaming upon you the light of… — 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 Generalizations Copy Share Image
“REFUTATION OF INCOMPLETE AND SUPERFICIAL (DOCTRINE)[FN#321] There are in the Buddhist doctrines, to state briefly, the five grades (of development), beginning with… — Kaiten Nukariya Buddhism Copy Share Image
“Zenists call them 'pairs of opposites.' It holds good also in human affairs: advantage is always accompanied by disadvantage; loss by gain;… — Kaiten Nukariya Beauty 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… — Kaiten Nukariya Good man Copy Share Image
“The believer of Buddha is thankful even for death itself, the which is the sole means of conquering death. If he be… — Kaiten Nukariya Blessings Copy Share Image
“energy so abundantly that be could talk with a voice sounding as a large bell. Being asked by Wang the secret of… — Kaiten Nukariya Buddhism Copy Share Image
“Pray deliver me," said a sinner to Sang Tsung (So-san).[FN#261] "Who ties you up?" was the reply. You tie yourself up day… — Kaiten Nukariya Day and night Copy Share Image
“1. The Doctrine for Men and Devas. The Buddha, to meet temporarily the spiritual needs of the uninitiated, preached a doctrine concerning… — Kaiten Nukariya Bad karma 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 Buddhism 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 Hands and feet Copy Share Image
“4. Life Consists in Conflict. Life consists in conflict. So long as man remains a social animal he cannot live in isolation.… — Kaiten Nukariya Approaching death Copy Share Image
“If there is a person of the highest grade of understanding, he may first of all learn the most profound, next the… — Kaiten Nukariya Buddhism Copy Share Image
“11. Life in the Concrete. Life in the concrete, which we are living, greatly differs from life in the abstract, which exists… — Kaiten Nukariya Concrete Copy Share Image
![“Sayings and Doings of Ta-zan') is one of the best Zen books. [FN#142]” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/35b/kaiten-nukariya-793_books_sayings-and-doings-of-ta-zan-is-one-of-t_731153.jpg)
![“13. 'The Ten Pictures of the Cowherd.'[FN#275]” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/94a/kaiten-nukariya-793_quote_13-the-ten-pictures-of-the-cowherd-fn-27_138473.jpg)
![“Keep the secret I tell you now, even at the cost of your life. It is this-don't be passionate. That is all."[FN#268]” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/93a/kaiten-nukariya-793_life_keep-the-secret-i-tell-you-now-even-at-t_143035.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)
![“He understands the truth of misery.' The truth of Duhkha, or misery, is the first of the four Noble Satyas, or Truths, that ought to be realized by the Hinayanists. According to the Hinayana doctrine, misery is a necessary concomitant of sentient life.' [FN#351]” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/adb/kaiten-nukariya-793_truth_he-understands-the-truth-of-misery-the-t_359026.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)
![“REFUTATION OF INCOMPLETE AND SUPERFICIAL (DOCTRINE)[FN#321] There are in the Buddhist doctrines, to state briefly, the five grades (of development), beginning with the most superficial, and ending with the most profound teachings. (They are as follows:) (1) The Doctrine for Men and Devas; (2) the…” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/035/kaiten-nukariya-793_buddhism_refutation-of-incomplete-and-superficial_1202485.jpg)
![“Pray deliver me," said a sinner to Sang Tsung (So-san).[FN#261] "Who ties you up?" was the reply. You tie yourself up day and night with the fine thread of idle thoughts, and build a cocoon of environment from which you have no way of escape. 'There is no rope, yet you imagine yourself bound.' Who…” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1e4/kaiten-nukariya-793_day-and-night_pray-deliver-me-said-a-sinner-to-sang-ts_513840.jpg)
