“Even if you read the sutra ten thousand times," said the Sixth Patriarch, who could never read the text, "it will do… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“the standard of morality is raised just in proportion as Buddha-nature or real self extends and amplifies itself in different times and… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“the world itself, too, is changing and changeable. It reveals new phases from time to time, and can be moulded to subserve… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“the Buddha, aged seventy-two, thought it was high time to preach his long-cherished doctrine that all sentient beings can attain to Supreme… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Life changes and is changeable; consequently, has its future. Hope is therefore possible.” — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“13. Do Thy Best and Leave the Rest to Providence. There is another point of view which enables us to enjoy life.… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“is Cosmic life and Cosmic spirit, and at the same time individual life and individual spirit. It is one and the same… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“We have no need of caring for those things that pass away in a twinkling moment. We must prepare for the future… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“A grain of sand you, trample upon has a deeper significance than a series of lectures by your verbal philosopher whom you… — 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
“Zen is completely free from the fetters of old dogmas, dead creeds, and conventions of stereotyped past, that check the development of… — 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
“Once upon a time a hunter skilled in catching monkeys alive went into the wood. He put something very sticky on the… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“When born (in the future lives) they are attached again to the body (and mind) as Atman, and become subject to lust… — 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
“9. Retribution[FN#220] in the Past, the Present, and the Future Life. Then a question suggests itself: If there be no soul that… — 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
“what is the use of our life, if it stand still? As the water of a running stream is always fresh and… — 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
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