“Besides the Four Alternatives, Zen uses the Five Categories[FN#203] in order to explain the relation between reality and phenomena. The first is… — Kaiten Nukariya Physics Copy Share Image
“So-kei, a Korean Zenist, whose work entitled Zen-ke-ki-kwan is worthy of our note as a representation of Korean Zen. [FN#143]” — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“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… — Kaiten Nukariya Buddhism Copy Share Image
“How wonderful is the Sermon of the Inanimate," says Tung Shan (To-zan). "You cannot hear it through your ears, but you can… — Kaiten Nukariya Blooming flower Copy Share Image
“Zen teachers expound with strong conviction. Enlightened Consciousness is, according to Zen, the centre of spiritual life. It is the mind of… — Kaiten Nukariya Faith Copy Share Image
“Passions that come first are often treacherous and lead us astray. We must guard ourselves against them. In order to gratify them… — Kaiten Nukariya Desire Copy Share Image
“The retribution cannot be explained by the doctrine of the transmigration of the soul, for it is incompatible with the fundamental doctrine… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Life changes and is changeable; consequently, has its future. Hope is therefore possible.” — Kaiten Nukariya Hope Copy Share Image
“Shall we perish in the darkness of scepticism, shutting our eyes to the light of Tathagata? Shall we suffer from innumerable pains… — Kaiten Nukariya Ur Eyes 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 Family Copy Share Image
“an action is good when it promotes interests, material or spiritual, as intended by the actor in his motive; and it is… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“All animated and inanimate beings are Enlightened at the same time.” — 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 Hopes and fears Copy Share Image
“man is drunk with the poisonous liquor of selfishness, led astray by the alluring sight of the sensual objects, and goes mad… — Kaiten Nukariya Selfishness Copy Share Image
“life as the causal system of physiological and psychological processes, and life as a system of interrelated-will-attitudes,” — Kaiten Nukariya Life 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 Character Copy Share Image
“Enlightened Consciousness once awakened within us serves as a guiding principle, and leads us to hope, bliss, and life; consequently, it is… — Kaiten Nukariya Creativity Copy Share Image
“He destroys Samudaya.' The truth of Samudaya, or accumulation, the second of the four Satyas, means that misery is accumulated or produced… — Kaiten Nukariya Truth Copy Share Image
“8. Zazen and the Forgetting of Self. Zazen is a most effectual means of destroying selfishness, the root of all Sin, folly,… — Kaiten Nukariya Selfishness Copy Share Image
“The Blessed One is the mother of all sentient beings, and gives them all the milk of mercy."[FN#158] Some people named Him… — Kaiten Nukariya Compassion Copy Share Image
“Then our minds go through an entire revolution. We are no more troubled by anger and hatred, no more bitten by envy… — Kaiten Nukariya Anger Copy Share Image
“When you look at the clouds sweeping across the face of the moon, they seem to be at rest, and the moon… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“This argument, however, is far from proving that the reality is unknowable, or that it lies hidden behind appearances or presentations. Take,… — Kaiten Nukariya Sun Copy Share Image
“Life Consists in Conflict 5. The Mystery of Life 6. Nature favours Nothing in Particular 7. The Law of Balance in Life… — Kaiten Nukariya Future life Copy Share Image
“Zen's object of worship cannot be named and determined as God, or Brahman, or Amitabha, or Creator, or Nature, or Reality, or… — Kaiten Nukariya God Copy Share Image
