Kaiten Nukariya

“We cannot embrace radical idealism,”

— Kaiten Nukariya

“a conviction or realization within us.”

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“13. 'The Ten Pictures of the Cowherd.'[FN#275]”

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“Another name for Buddha is the Original Mind”

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“The Absolute and Reality”

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“Sayings and Doings of Ta-zan') is one of the best Zen books. [FN#142]”

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“All animated and inanimate beings are Enlightened at the same time.”

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“A great trouble with us is that we do not believe in half the good that we are born with.”

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

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“Zen is Iconoclastic 3. Buddha is Unnamable 4. Buddha, the Universal Life 5. Life and Change”

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“it may also appear to be nihilistic, as they say: "There has been nothing since all eternity,”

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“Newton found the law of gravitation not in a written page, but in a falling apple.”

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“Buddha is Mind itself. Mind itself is Dharma. Buddha is identical with Dharma. So is Samgha.”

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“Hinayanism is, generally speaking, inclined to be pessimistic, but Mahayanism in the main holds the optimistic view of life.”

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“the skull resumed: 'In death there are not (the distinctions of) ruler above minister below. There are none of the phenomena of…

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“death is of capital importance for a continuation of life, because death carries away all the decaying organism in the way of…

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“Charles Darwin, whose theory changed the whole current of the world's thought, was not a great reader of books, but a careful…

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“Zen is often called the Sect of Buddha-mind, as it lays stress on the awakening of the Mind of Buddha.”

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“As we are pleased or offended, so are horses, so are dogs, so are sparrows, ants, earthworms, and mushrooms. Simpler the body,…

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“Rin-zai also says: "Spirit is formless, but it penetrates through the world in the ten directions."[FN#149]”

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“the doctrine of Transience supplies us with an inexhaustible source of hope and comfort, leads us into the living universe, and introduces…

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“the Mahayanist's aim of life is to bring out man's inborn light of Buddha-nature to illumine the world, to realize the universal…

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“13. Do Thy Best and Leave the Rest to Providence. There is another point of view which enables us to enjoy life.…

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“an action is good when it promotes interests, material or spiritual, as intended by the actor in his motive; and it is…

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“The miracles of yesterday are the commonplaces of to-day. Now theories are formed, new discoveries are made, only to give their places…

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“relying on our inner experience, which is the only direct way of knowing Buddha, we conceive Him as a Being with profound…

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“the living altar of Buddha Himself. Whatever we do, we do with grateful heart and pure joy sanctioned by Enlightened Consciousness; eating,…

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“4. Buddha, the Universal Life. Zen conceives Buddha as a Being, who moves, stirs, inspires, enlivens, and vitalizes everything. Accordingly, we may…

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“At all events, she is the mother of all beings. She lives in all things and they live in her. All that…

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“The first step in the mental training is to become the master of external things. He who is addicted to worldly pleasures,…

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“Once upon a time a hunter skilled in catching monkeys alive went into the wood. He put something very sticky on the…

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“Nirvana," says Kiai Hwan,[FN#276] "means the extinction of pain or the crossing over of the sea of life and death. It denotes…

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“There is no exception to this rigorous law of retribution, and we take it as the will of Buddha to leave no…

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“If all (these elements) be taken as Atman, there must be eight Atmans (for each person). More than that! There are many…

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“REFUTATION OF DELUSIVE AND PREJUDICED (DOCTRINE)[FN#292] According to Confucianism[FN#293] and Taoism all sorts of beings, such as men and beasts, were born…

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“the world of appearances is valueless, as it is limited, short-lived, imperfect, painful, sinful, hopeless, and miserable; while the realm of reality…

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“Buddhists sharply distinguished Zazen from Yoga, and have the method peculiar to themselves. Kei-zan[FN#244] describes the method to the following effect: 'Secure…

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“Although it is but one, Divides itself to a hundred thousand million forms.”

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“we experience that there lies deeply rooted within us Enlightened Consciousness,”

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“The poet must be in the right, not only in his esthetic, but in his scientific point of view,”

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