“Zen is not, nevertheless, iconoclastic in the commonly accepted sense of the term,” — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“I cannot imagine the simple chemical and physical forces without attributing the movement of material particles to conscious sensation." The same author… — Kaiten Nukariya Pleasure And Pain Copy Share Image
“Buddha is Mind itself. Mind itself is Dharma. Buddha is identical with Dharma. So is Samgha.” — Kaiten Nukariya Psychology 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 First step 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 Religious faith Copy Share Image
“Is it true, sir," asked a monk of Teu tsz (To-shi), "that all the voices of Nature are those of Buddha?” — Kaiten Nukariya Nature Copy Share Image
“Sit in a quiet place and meditate in imagination that body is no more bondage to you, that it is your machine… — Kaiten Nukariya Discipline Copy Share Image
“a so-called good person is none but one who acts to promote wider interests of life, and a so-called bad person is… — Kaiten Nukariya Bad person Copy Share Image
“Therefore the Buddha for a temporary purpose made these (uninitiated) observe the Five Precepts similar to the Five Virtues[FN#327] of the outside… — Kaiten Nukariya Buddhism Copy Share Image
“the skull resumed: 'In death there are not (the distinctions of) ruler above minister below. There are none of the phenomena of… — Kaiten Nukariya Death Copy Share Image
“This is not only the case with a robber or a murderer, but also with ordinary people. There are many who are… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“The law of balance strictly forbids one's monopoly of happiness. It applies its scorpion whip to anyone who is given to pleasures.… — Kaiten Nukariya Death Copy Share Image
“Hinayanism is, generally speaking, inclined to be pessimistic, but Mahayanism in the main holds the optimistic view of life.” — Kaiten Nukariya Hope Copy Share Image
“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… — Kaiten Nukariya Heaven and earth Copy Share Image
“3. The Law of Balance. Nature governs the world with her law of balance. She puts things ever in pairs,[FN#216] and leaves… — Kaiten Nukariya Nature 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 Buddhism Copy Share Image
“Life as observed only from the scientific point of view is bare abstraction; it is not concrete life; nor is life as… — Kaiten Nukariya Life Copy Share Image
“The Scripture of Zen is written with facts simple and familiar, so simple and familiar with everyday life that they escape observation… — Kaiten Nukariya Day life Copy Share Image
“In the first case the good action of almsgiving produces the good effect of lessening the sufferings of the poor, who should… — Kaiten Nukariya Peace Copy Share Image
“we experience that there lies deeply rooted within us Enlightened Consciousness,” — Kaiten Nukariya Philosophy of Mind 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 Philosophy Copy Share Image
“Enlightened Consciousness is not an Intellectual Insight. Enlightened Consciousness is not a bare intellectual insight, for it is full of beautiful emotions.… — Kaiten Nukariya Warm heart Copy Share Image
“the living altar of Buddha Himself. Whatever we do, we do with grateful heart and pure joy sanctioned by Enlightened Consciousness; eating,… — Kaiten Nukariya Daily life Copy Share Image
“Once Tathagata, having observed every sort of sentient beings all over the universe, said as follows: 'Wonderful, how wonderful! That these various… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
