“If the primitive faith be called the genuine, as these scholars think, and the later developed faith be the degenerated one,” — Kaiten Nukariya Faith Copy Share Image
“The kernel of the idea is very simple-like seed, like fruit; like cause, like effect; like action, like influence—nothing more. As fresh… — Kaiten Nukariya Fresh air Copy Share Image
“The aim of learning is to bring out this Bright Nature. This is the best thing in the world. Real happiness can… — Kaiten Nukariya Education Copy Share Image
“There exists a Certain Thing, bright as a mirror, spiritual as a mind, not subjected to growth nor to decay.” — Kaiten Nukariya Growth Copy Share Image
“Yang Shan (Kyo-zan) asked Wei Shan (I-san): 'What shall we do when hundreds, thousands, and millions of things beset us all at… — Kaiten Nukariya Zen master Copy Share Image
“Now let us say (a few words) to refute this doctrine also. If mind as well as external objects be unreal, who… — Kaiten Nukariya Psychology Copy Share Image
“Of these three collections of the Sacred Writings, the first two, or Sutra and Vinaya, of Mahayana, as well as of Himayana,… — Kaiten Nukariya Education Copy Share Image
“Nirvana," says Kiai Hwan,[FN#276] "means the extinction of pain or the crossing over of the sea of life and death. It denotes… — Kaiten Nukariya Life Copy Share Image
“When born (in the future lives) they are attached again to the body (and mind) as Atman, and become subject to lust… — Kaiten Nukariya Birth Copy Share Image
“There is nothing," (the author of) Madhyamika-castra[FN#369] says, "that ever came into existence without direct and indirect causes. Therefore there is anything… — Kaiten Nukariya Books Copy Share Image
“Buddha-nature or real self, being the seat of love and the nucleus of sincerity, forms the warp and woof of all moral… — Kaiten Nukariya Filial piety Copy Share Image
“the Buddha, aged seventy-two, thought it was high time to preach his long-cherished doctrine that all sentient beings can attain to Supreme… — Kaiten Nukariya Buddhism Copy Share Image
“as George Eliot has wisely observed. Pleasure ceases to be pleasure when we attain to it; another sort of pleasure displays itself… — Kaiten Nukariya George Eliot Copy Share Image
“REFUTATION OF INCOMPLETE AND SUPERFICIAL (DOCTRINE)[FN#321] There are in the Buddhist doctrines, to state briefly, the five grades (of development), beginning with… — Kaiten Nukariya Buddhism Copy Share Image
“11. Life in the Concrete. Life in the concrete, which we are living, greatly differs from life in the abstract, which exists… — Kaiten Nukariya Gardening 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
“The letters of the alphabet, a, b, c, etc., have no meaning whatever. They are but artificial signs, but when spelt they… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“appearances are subject to limitations, while reality is limitless. And it follows that the former are imperfect, while the latter is perfect;… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Things appear, they would say, as we see them through our limited senses; but they must present entirely different aspects to those… — Kaiten Nukariya Human mind Copy Share Image
“Let me say (a few words) about this doctrine by way of criticism. So many Kalpas we spent never meeting with this… — Kaiten Nukariya Buddhism Copy Share Image
“To be the ruler of things we have first to shut up all our senses, and turn the currents of thoughts inward,… — Kaiten Nukariya Goals Copy Share Image
“What is morality, then? It is subjective. It has no objective validity. A moral conduct highly valued by our fathers is now… — Kaiten Nukariya Character Copy Share Image
“Some[FN#218] may think these are cases of good cause and bad effect. We have, however, to analyze these causes and effects in… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time a hunter skilled in catching monkeys alive went into the wood. He put something very sticky on the… — Kaiten Nukariya Money Copy Share Image
“Therefore, to get Enlightened we have to believe that all beings are Buddha-natured—that is, absolutely good-natured in the sense that transcends the… — Kaiten Nukariya Good and bad Copy Share Image
