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The Five Ranks Of Merit
Thus far we have stated how to train our body and mind accord...

Real Self
If there be no individual soul either in mind or body, where ...

Three Important Elements Of Zen
To understand how Zen developed during some four hundred year...

Decline Of Zen
The blooming prosperity of Zen was over towards the end of th...

Man Is Good-natured According To Mencius
Oriental scholars, especially the Chinese men of letters, se...

Poetical Intuition And Zen
Since Universal Life or Spirit permeates the universe, the po...

Epicureanism And Life
There are a good many people always buoyant in spirit and mir...

Zen Is Iconoclastic
For the followers of Bodhidharma, however, this conception of...

The Parable Of The Robber Kih
Chwang Tsz (So-shi) remarks in a humorous way to the followi...

Scripture Is No More Than Waste Paper
[FN#107] Zen is not based on any particular sutra, either of...

The Establishment Of The Rin Zai School Of Zen In Japan
[FN#67] The Lin Tsi school was started by Nan Yoh, a pr...

Idealistic Scepticism Concerning Objective Reality
But extreme Idealism identifies 'to be' with 'to be known,' a...

Zen In The Dark Age
The latter half of the Ashikaga period was the age of arms an...

Do Thy Best And Leave The Rest To Providence
There is another point of view which enables us to enjoy life...

The Ancient Buddhist Pantheon
The ancient Buddhist pantheon was full of deities or Buddhas,...

Nature Favours Nothing In Particular
There is another point of view of life, which gave the presen...

The World Is In The Making
Our assertion is far from assuming that life is now complete,...

The Social State Of Japan When Zen Was Established By Ei-sai And Do-gen
Now we have to observe the condition of the country when Zen ...

Life And Change
Transformation and change are the essential features of life;...

The Breathing Exercise Of The Yogi
Breathing exercise is one of the practices of Yoga, and somew...