“To be in an honourable position in society as the owner of that valuable property, he must first get rid himself of… — Kaiten Nukariya Community Copy Share Image
“God divided man into men that they might help each other.' Their strength lies in their mutual help, their pleasure is in… — Kaiten Nukariya Generosity Copy Share Image
“Mind is pure and bright in its essence. It is always free from passions and mean desires, just as the sun is… — Kaiten Nukariya Buddhism Copy Share Image
“There is no mind isolated from body, nor is there any body separated from mind.” — Kaiten Nukariya Psychology Copy Share Image
“No action, whether foul or fair, Is ever done, but it leaves somewhere A record-as a blessing or a curse.” — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“12. Difficulties are no Match for the Optimist. How can we suppose that we, the children of Buddha, are put at the… — Kaiten Nukariya Adversity Copy Share Image
“Zen[FN#195] is neither idealistic nor nihilistic. Zen makes use of the nihilistic idea of Hinayana Buddhism, and calls its students' attention to… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“the doctrine of Transience supplies us with an inexhaustible source of hope and comfort, leads us into the living universe, and introduces… — Kaiten Nukariya Hope Copy Share Image
“Some scholars maintain that we cannot think of non-existence of space, even if we can leave out all objects in it; nor… — Kaiten Nukariya Life Copy Share Image
“What is this life which pervades the grandest as well as the minutest works of Nature, and which may fitly be said… — Kaiten Nukariya Life Copy Share Image
“This incident well illustrates that worship, as understood by Zen masters, is a pure act of thanksgiving, or the opening of the… — Kaiten Nukariya Blessings Copy Share Image
“A poor puppy with an empty can tied to his tail, Thomas Carlyle wittily observes, ran and ran on, frightened by the… — Kaiten Nukariya Great man 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
“death which relieves you of extreme sufferings, incurable diseases, and it is one of the blessings you ought to be thankful for.… — Kaiten Nukariya Blessings Copy Share Image
“Life has its pleasures, but also its pains. Death has no pleasure of life, but also none of its pain. So that… — Kaiten Nukariya Death Copy Share Image
“Similarly, the mountain is not high nor low; the river is not deep nor shallow; the house is not large nor small;… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“This is why the higher the peak of enlightenment the people climb, the more widely the vista of moral possibilities open before… — Kaiten Nukariya Buddhism Copy Share Image
“Even if you read the sutra ten thousand times," said the Sixth Patriarch, who could never read the text, "it will do… — Kaiten Nukariya Time Copy Share Image
“Why do we prize changing organism more than inorganic matter, unchanging and constant? If there be no change in the bright hues… — Kaiten Nukariya Biology Copy Share Image
“the world itself, too, is changing and changeable. It reveals new phases from time to time, and can be moulded to subserve… — Kaiten Nukariya Change Copy Share Image
“Ki-saburo, although he was a mere outlaw, having his left arm half cut at the elbow in a quarrel, ordered his servant… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“It is of capital importance for us to discipline the heart,[FN#209] otherwise it will discipline us. Passions are like legs. They should… — Kaiten Nukariya Discipline Copy Share Image
“The third stage is called the Rank of Merit,[FN#272] in which the student distinguishes himself by his 'meritorious' acts of conquering over… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“He understands the truth of misery.' The truth of Duhkha, or misery, is the first of the four Noble Satyas, or Truths,… — Kaiten Nukariya Truth Copy Share Image
“A reality which appears to me as my wife must appear to my son as his mother, and never as his wife.… — Kaiten Nukariya Marriage Copy Share Image
