“Rin-zai also says: "Spirit is formless, but it penetrates through the world in the ten directions."[FN#149]” — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Buddhist as well as non-Buddhist religions regard, without exception, their founders as superhuman beings, but the practisers of Zen hold the Buddha… — Kaiten Nukariya Religion Copy Share Image
“No matter what these one-sided observers' opinion may be, we are certain that we experience good as well as evil, and feel… — Kaiten Nukariya Health Copy Share Image
“Zen regards all sutras as a sort of pictured food which has no power of appeasing spiritual hunger;” — Kaiten Nukariya Spiritual hunger Copy Share Image
“Nothing is more irreligious than to persecute the seekers of truth in order to keep up absurdities and superstitions of bygone ages.… — Kaiten Nukariya God and man Copy Share Image
“The fifth stage is called the Rank of Merit-over-Merit,[FN#274] which means the rank of meritless-merit. This is the rank of the King… — Kaiten Nukariya Enlightened Consciousness Copy Share Image
“There are two postures in Zazen—that is to say, the crossed-leg sitting, and the half crossed-leg sitting. Seat yourself on a thick… — Kaiten Nukariya Left hand Copy Share Image
“Neither these men of the world nor Buddhist ascetics can be optimists. The latter rigorously deny themselves sensual gratifications, and keep themselves… — Kaiten Nukariya Buddhism Copy Share Image
“The Rin-zai teachers mostly make use of the doctrine of unreality of all things, as taught in Prajnya-paramita-sutras.” — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“3. Man is both Good-natured and Bad-natured according to Yan Hiung[FN#163] (Yo-yu). According to Yang Hiung and his followers, good is no… — Kaiten Nukariya Nature of man Copy Share Image
“If all (these elements) be taken as Atman, there must be eight Atmans (for each person). More than that! There are many… — Kaiten Nukariya Batman Copy Share Image
“16. The Beatitude of Zen. We are far from denying, as already shown in the foregoing chapters, the existence of troubles, pains,… — Kaiten Nukariya Death Copy Share Image
“An action is good when it promotes the interests of an individual or a family; better when it promotes those of a… — Kaiten Nukariya Family Copy Share Image
“The earth and the heaven utter no word, but they ceaselessly repeat the holy book unwritten.” — Kaiten Nukariya Nature Copy Share Image
“In like manner our universe appears to us human beings as the phenomenal world or presentation. It might appear to other creatures… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Having set ourselves free from the misconception of Self, next we must awaken our innermost wisdom, pure and divine, called the Mind… — Kaiten Nukariya Buddhism Copy Share Image
“Whatever I do directly or indirectly I contribute to the common fortune of man; whatever anyone else does directly or indirectly determines… — Kaiten Nukariya Identity Copy Share Image
“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… — Kaiten Nukariya Buddhism Copy Share Image
“A peculiar phase of life is change which appears in the form of growth and decay. Nobody can deny the transitoriness of… — Kaiten Nukariya Change Copy Share Image
“Thus, in the first place, moral conduct, which is nothing but the expression of Buddha-nature in action, implies the assertion of self… — Kaiten Nukariya Character Copy Share Image
“The highly enlightened person, however, cannot but sympathize with human beings and lower creatures as well, as Shakya Muni felt all sentient… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“When we get the insight into this Self, we are able to have the open sesame to the mysteries of the universe,… — Kaiten Nukariya Individual life Copy Share Image
“4. Mahayana Doctrine of the Nihilists. This doctrine disproves (both) the Mahayana and the Hinayana doctrines above mentioned that adhere to Dharma-laksana,… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“it became one of the characteristics of Zen monks that they would never approach rulers and statesmen for the sake of worldly… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Nature favours nothing in particular. So everything has its advantage and disadvantage as well. What one gains on the one hand one… — Kaiten Nukariya Nature Copy Share Image
