“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
“Has there been anyone who committed theft that he might further the interests of his villagers?” — Kaiten Nukariya Theft Copy Share Image
“Zen regards all sutras as a sort of pictured food which has no power of appeasing spiritual hunger;” — Kaiten Nukariya Meditation Copy Share Image
“Zen masters enjoyed a long life in spite of their extremely simple mode of living.” — Kaiten Nukariya Life 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
“As we are pleased or offended, so are horses, so are dogs, so are sparrows, ants, earthworms, and mushrooms. Simpler the body,… — Kaiten Nukariya Animal 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
“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
“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
“The minutest particles of dust form a world. The meanest grain of sand under our foot proclaims a divine law.” — Kaiten Nukariya Divine law Copy Share Image
“We ask Buddha for nothing. We ask Dharma for nothing. We ask Samgha for nothing." Nothing we ask of Buddha. No worldly… — Kaiten Nukariya Dharma 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“Zen holds that the faith must be based not on the dead Scriptures, but on living facts, that one must turn over… — Kaiten Nukariya Daily life Copy Share Image
“Reality exists as appearances, and appearances are reality known to human beings. You cannot separate appearances from reality, and hold out the… — Kaiten Nukariya Dreams Copy Share Image
“There is no exception to this rigorous law of retribution, and we take it as the will of Buddha to leave no… — Kaiten Nukariya 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
“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
“These teachers could through long practice constantly keep their minds buoyant, casting aside useless encumbrances of idle thoughts; bright, driving off the… — Kaiten Nukariya Doubt and fear Copy Share Image
“Tathagata (another name for Buddha) gives life to all beings, just as the lake Anavatapta gives rise to the four great rivers."… — Kaiten Nukariya Buddha Copy Share Image
“Deprive yourself of all the possible relationships, and see what you are. Suppose you are not a son to your parents, nor… — Kaiten Nukariya 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 Robbers 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 Copy Share Image
“The centipede, having a hundred limbs, can find no useless feet;” — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“sympathy, loyalty, benevolence, mercy, humanity, are observed in human beings.” — Kaiten Nukariya Benevolence Copy Share Image
“There is no mind isolated from body, nor is there any body separated from mind.” — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Zen is not, nevertheless, iconoclastic in the commonly accepted sense of the term,” — Kaiten Nukariya Iconoclastic 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/i/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/i/fb0/kaiten-nukariya-793_meditation_the-sole-means-of-securing-mental-calmne_603846.jpg)
![“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/i/abe/kaiten-nukariya-793_psychology_idle-thoughts-come-and-go-over-unenlight_272679.jpg)
![“Ki-saburo, although he was a mere outlaw, having his left arm half cut at the elbow in a quarrel, ordered his servant to cut it off with a saw, and during the operation he could calmly sit talking and laughing with his friends. Hiko-kuro (Takayama),[FN#235] a Japanese loyalist of note, one evening…” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/093/kaiten-nukariya-793_quote_ki-saburo-although-he-was-a-mere-outlaw_351553.jpg)
