“Man is not Good-natured nor Bad-natured, but Buddha natured” — Kaiten Nukariya Buddha Copy Share Image
“The word Zen is the Sinico-Japanese abbreviation of the Sanskrit Dhyana, or Meditation.” — Kaiten Nukariya Meditation Copy Share Image
“Only birth and no death is far worse than only death and no birth.” — Kaiten Nukariya Birth Copy Share Image
“Zen has no business with the dregs and sediments of sages of yore. 8.” — Kaiten Nukariya Business Copy Share Image
“Life changes and is changeable; consequently, has its future. Hope is therefore possible.” — Kaiten Nukariya Hope Copy Share Image
“According to the theory of Buddha-nature, the fact that the good become bad or the bad become good, does not imply in… — Kaiten Nukariya Buddha 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
“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
“The moon appears standing still when you look at her only a few moments. In like manner she seems to be free… — Kaiten Nukariya 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
“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
“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
“it is the overcoming of egoism, the destroying of mean desires, the uplifting of the moral ideal, and the disclosing of inborn… — Kaiten Nukariya Egoism 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 Copy Share Image
“soul is taken as a subject matter to receive in the future life the reward or the punishment from God for our… — Kaiten Nukariya Boundless love Copy Share Image
“in practical life, of doubtful nature. An act of charity, for example, might do others some sort of damage, as is often… — Kaiten Nukariya Generosity 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
“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
“express their Buddha-nature to a small extent mostly within their own doors, while so-called good persons, or 'great persons' as the Oriental… — Kaiten Nukariya Buddha Copy Share Image
“Nothing is more irreligious than to persecute the seekers of truth in order to keep up absurdities and superstitions of bygone ages.… — Kaiten Nukariya God and man 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
“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
“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
“Universal Spirit may fitly be likened to the universal water, or water circulating through the whole earth. This universal water exists everywhere.… — Kaiten Nukariya Buddhism Copy Share Image
“The law of balance strictly forbids one's monopoly of happiness. It applies its scorpion whip to anyone who is given to pleasures.… — Kaiten Nukariya Death Copy Share Image
“2. The Doctrine of the Hinayanists. This doctrine tells us that (both) the body, that is formed of matter, and the mind,… — Kaiten Nukariya Common people Copy Share Image
“the flowers of the morning glory. They bloom and smile every morning, fade and die in a few hours. How fleeting and… — Kaiten Nukariya Blossoms Copy Share Image
“You can never correct criminals by your severe reproach or punishment. You can save them only through your sympathy and love, by… — Kaiten Nukariya Crime Copy Share Image
“When you look at the clouds sweeping across the face of the moon, they seem to be at rest, and the moon… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“water and waves, being mutually dependent, can be identified. In like manner fire and heat, air and wind, a machine and its… — Kaiten Nukariya Mind and body Copy Share Image
“we experience that our life is not a bare mechanical motion or change, but is a spiritual, purposive, and self-directing force.” — Kaiten Nukariya Change Copy Share Image
“Why not, then, these trees, grass, etc., the alphabets of Nature when they compose the Volume of the Universe? Even the meanest… — Kaiten Nukariya Nature Copy Share Image
“We should always bear in mind that the world is alive, and changing, and moving. It goes on to disclose a new… — Kaiten Nukariya Psychology Copy Share Image
“Now let us discuss this point. The Kalpa of Emptiness is what the Taoist calls the Path of Emptiness. The Path or… — Kaiten Nukariya 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
“She is, nevertheless, true to those who obey her rules. Has not science proved that she is truthful? Has not art found… — Kaiten Nukariya Art Copy Share Image
“There are some scholars that erroneously maintain that Zen is based on the doctrine of unreality of all things” — Kaiten Nukariya Unreality Copy Share Image
“The Rin-zai teachers mostly make use of the doctrine of unreality of all things, as taught in Prajnya-paramita-sutras.” — Kaiten Nukariya Enlightenment Copy Share Image
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![“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/i/4fb/kaiten-nukariya-793_fitness_6-the-breathing-exercise-of-the-yogi-bre_656643.jpg)
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