“Once Tathagata, having observed every sort of sentient beings all over the universe, said as follows: 'Wonderful, how wonderful! That these various… — Kaiten Nukariya Enlightenment Copy Share Image
“To get Enlightened, therefore, we have to correct, first of all, our notions concerning Self. Individual body and mind are not the… — Kaiten Nukariya Enlightened Copy Share Image
“1. The Doctrine for Men and Devas. The Buddha, to meet temporarily the spiritual needs of the uninitiated, preached a doctrine concerning… — Kaiten Nukariya Bad karma Copy Share Image
“You must admit there are no definite external causes of pain nor those of pleasure, for one and the same thing causes… — Kaiten Nukariya Long life Copy Share Image
“11. Everything is Living according to Zen. Everything alive has a strong innate tendency to preserve itself, to assert itself, to push… — Kaiten Nukariya Life Copy Share Image
“Who can live the same moment twice? In comparison with an organism, inorganic matter appears to be constant and changeless; but, in… — Kaiten Nukariya Every morning Copy Share Image
“The believer in Buddha is thankful to him, not only for the sunshine of life, but also for its wind, rain, snow,… — Kaiten Nukariya Death Copy Share Image
“Pray deliver me," said a sinner to Sang Tsung (So-san).[FN#261] "Who ties you up?" was the reply. You tie yourself up day… — Kaiten Nukariya Day and night Copy Share Image
“energy so abundantly that be could talk with a voice sounding as a large bell. Being asked by Wang the secret of… — Kaiten Nukariya Buddhism Copy Share Image
“In the eye of simple folks of old, mountains, rivers, trees, serpents, oxen, and eagles were equally full of life; hence the… — Kaiten Nukariya Life Copy Share Image
“History is full of numerous cases in which good persons were so unfortunate as to die a miserable death or to live… — Kaiten Nukariya Bad people Copy Share Image
“(O-yo-mei) won a splendid victory over the rebel army which threatened the throne of the Ming dynasty. During that warfare Wang was… — Kaiten Nukariya Battle 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
“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
“Again, the law of balance does not allow anyone to take the lion's share of nature's gifts. Beauty in face is accompanied… — Kaiten Nukariya Bad luck 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
“When the above-mentioned four doctrines are compared with one another in the order of succession, each is more profound than the preceding.… — Kaiten Nukariya Doctrines Copy Share Image
“Its mental discipline, however, is by far more fruitful, and keeps one's mind in equipoise, making one neither passionate nor dispassionate, neither… — Kaiten Nukariya Buddhism Copy Share Image
“Suppose that one and the same reality exhibits one aspect when it stands in relation to another object; two aspects when it… — Kaiten Nukariya Reality Copy Share Image
“3. The Next Step in the Mental Training. In the next place we have to strive to be the master of our… — Kaiten Nukariya Divine beauty Copy Share Image
“14. Zen and Nirvana. The beatitude of Zen is Nirvana, not in the Hinayanistic sense of the term, but in the sense… — Kaiten Nukariya Death Copy Share Image
“To forget self and identify it with nature is to break down its limitation and to set it at liberty. To break… — Kaiten Nukariya Another life 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 Reality Copy Share Image
“The nihilistic doctrine is stated not only in the various Prajnya-sutras (the books having Prajnya-paramita in their titles), but also in almost… — Kaiten Nukariya Books 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 Pleasure Copy Share Image
“The fourth stage is called the Rank of Co-operative Merit,[FN#273] in which the student 'co-operates' with other persons in order to complete… — Kaiten Nukariya Spiritual Uplifting Copy Share Image
“was hell in sooth as taught in the Scriptures. "I must ask you," replied he, "before I give you an answer. For… — Kaiten Nukariya Samurai Copy Share Image
“We acknowledge the truth of the following considerations: There exists no colour, nor sound, nor odour in the objective world, but there… — Kaiten Nukariya Truth Copy Share Image
“It is bare nonsense to say that I go to school, not to be educated as a member of society, but simply… — Kaiten Nukariya Identity Copy Share Image
“The Buddhist precepts are different from the Confucian teachings in the form of expression, but they agree in their warning against the… — Kaiten Nukariya Buddhism Copy Share Image
“5. The Mystery of Life. Thus far we have pointed out the inevitable conflictions in life in order to prepare ourselves for… — Kaiten Nukariya Mystery of life Copy Share Image
“This mysterious Mind," says Kwei Fung (Kei-ho), "is higher than the highest, deeper than the deepest, limitless in all directions. There is… — Kaiten Nukariya Conscious 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
“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
“THE FIVE RANKS.—-THE TEN PICTURES. 1. The Rank of Turning—-1. The Searching of the Cow. 2. The Finding of the Cow's Tracks.… — Kaiten Nukariya Cow Rank Copy Share Image
“As we men live and act, so do our arteries; so does blood; so do corpuscles. As cells and protoplasm live and… — Kaiten Nukariya Life Copy Share Image
“The Scripture of Zen is written with facts simple and familiar, so simple and familiar with everyday life that they escape observation… — Kaiten Nukariya Day life Copy Share Image
“Taoists merely know that there was one Kalpa of Emptiness before the formation of this present universe, and point out the Emptiness,… — Kaiten Nukariya Four elements 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
“A poor puppy with an empty can tied to his tail, Thomas Carlyle wittily observes, ran and ran on, frightened by the… — Kaiten Nukariya Animal Copy Share Image
![“Pray deliver me," said a sinner to Sang Tsung (So-san).[FN#261] "Who ties you up?" was the reply. You tie yourself up day and night with the fine thread of idle thoughts, and build a cocoon of environment from which you have no way of escape. 'There is no rope, yet you imagine yourself bound.' Who…” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1e4/kaiten-nukariya-793_day-and-night_pray-deliver-me-said-a-sinner-to-sang-ts_513840.jpg)
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