“Zen regards all sutras as a sort of pictured food which has no power of appeasing spiritual hunger;” — Kaiten Nukariya Meditation Copy Share Image
“Has there been anyone who committed theft that he might further the interests of his villagers?” — Kaiten Nukariya Theft Copy Share Image
“Zen masters enjoyed a long life in spite of their extremely simple mode of living.” — Kaiten Nukariya Life Copy Share Image
“Therefore Zen declares that there is no such thing as soul, and that mind and body are one.” — Kaiten Nukariya Mind and body Copy Share Image
“2. Enlightenment implies an Insight into the Nature of Self. We” — Kaiten Nukariya Buddhism Copy Share Image
“Avidya, or ignorance, which mistakes the illusory phenomena for realities. [FN#363]” — Kaiten Nukariya Ignorance Copy Share Image
“If you have come for the Law," replied Hwui Nang, "you must put an end to all your struggles and longings. Think… — Kaiten Nukariya Law 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 Meditation 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 Enlightened 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
“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 Buddha nature Copy Share Image
“If the movements of my hand are neither (too) gentle nor (too) violent, the idea in my mind is realized.” — Kaiten Nukariya Psychology Copy Share Image
“His elucidation was so minute and clear, and his metaphysical reasonings so acute and captivating, that his opinion was universally accepted as… — Kaiten Nukariya Historical truth Copy Share Image
“There are eight noble paths that lead to the extinction of suffering—that is, Right faith, Right resolve, Right speech, Right action, Right… — Kaiten Nukariya Communication 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 Buddhist Copy Share Image
“The sole means of securing mental calmness is the practice of Zazen, or the sitting in Meditation. This method was known in… — Kaiten Nukariya Meditation 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
“If a wise man hold his body with its three parts (chest, neck, and head) erect, and turn his senses with the… — Kaiten Nukariya Fear Copy Share Image
“Enlightened Consciousness in the individual mind acquires for its possessor, not a relative knowledge of things as his intellect does, but the… — Kaiten Nukariya Enlightened Copy Share Image
“Arhat, the Killer of thieves (i.e., passions), means one who conquered his passions. It means, secondly, one who is exempted from birth,… — Kaiten Nukariya Enlightenment 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 Meditation Copy Share Image
“An important element in the pleasure we derive from social meetings, from travels, from sight-seeings, etc., is nothing but change. Even intellectual… — Kaiten Nukariya Change Copy Share Image
“because Buddhism, having been adopted by savage tribes as well as civilized nations, by quiet, enervated people as well as by warlike,… — Kaiten Nukariya Buddhism Copy Share Image
“It is quite reasonable that Zenists distinguish supernatural powers from spiritual uplifting, the former an acquirement of Devas, or of Asuras, or… — Kaiten Nukariya Buddhism Copy Share Image
“6. The Breathing Exercise of the Yogi. Breathing exercise is one of the practices of Yoga, and somewhat similar in its method… — Kaiten Nukariya Fitness Copy Share Image
“As there is no evil however small but may cause him to groan under it, who has his heart undisciplined, so there… — Kaiten Nukariya Children 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
“Idle thoughts come and go over unenlightened minds six hundred and fifty times in a snap of one's fingers," writes an Indian… — Kaiten Nukariya Psychology Copy Share Image
“To sit in Meditation is not the only method of practising Zazen. "We practise Dhyana in sitting, in standing, and in walking,"… — Kaiten Nukariya Actual life Copy Share Image
“Difficulties are no match for the optimist, who does not fly from them, but welcomes them. He has a mental prism which… — Kaiten Nukariya Adversity 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
“Shakespeare, the greatest of poets, was the greatest reader of Nature and life.” — Kaiten Nukariya Books Copy Share Image
“your philosopher simply plays on abstract terms and empty words.” — Kaiten Nukariya Empty words Copy Share Image
“The centipede, having a hundred limbs, can find no useless feet;” — Kaiten Nukariya Limbs Copy Share Image
“sympathy, loyalty, benevolence, mercy, humanity, are observed in human beings.” — Kaiten Nukariya Benevolence Copy Share Image
“Zen is not, nevertheless, iconoclastic in the commonly accepted sense of the term,” — Kaiten Nukariya Iconoclastic Copy Share Image
“There is no mind isolated from body, nor is there any body separated from mind.” — Kaiten Nukariya Isolated Copy Share Image
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![“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]” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c2e/kaiten-nukariya-793_meditation_so-kei-a-korean-zenist-whose-work-entitl_2443990.jpg)
![“The sole means of securing mental calmness is the practice of Zazen, or the sitting in Meditation. This method was known in India as Yoga as early as the Upanisad period, and developed by the followers of the Yoga system.[FN#243]” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fb0/kaiten-nukariya-793_meditation_the-sole-means-of-securing-mental-calmne_603846.jpg)
![“6. The Breathing Exercise of the Yogi. Breathing exercise is one of the practices of Yoga, and somewhat similar in its method and end to those of Zen. We quote here[FN#247] Yogi Ramacharaka to show how modern Yogis practise it: "(1) Stand or sit erect. Breathing through the nostrils, inhale…” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4fb/kaiten-nukariya-793_fitness_6-the-breathing-exercise-of-the-yogi-bre_656643.jpg)
![“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 himself. The King does nothing meritorious, because all the governmental works are done by his ministers and subjects. All that he has to do is to keep his inborn…” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/408/kaiten-nukariya-793_enlightened-consciou_the-fifth-stage-is-called-the-rank-of-me_2735940.jpg){kind=icon}
![“Idle thoughts come and go over unenlightened minds six hundred and fifty times in a snap of one's fingers," writes an Indian teacher,[FN#260] "and thirteen hundred million times every twenty-four hours." This might be an exaggeration, yet we cannot but acknowledge that one idle thought after…” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/abe/kaiten-nukariya-793_psychology_idle-thoughts-come-and-go-over-unenlight_272679.jpg)
