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The Establishment Of The Rin Zai School Of Zen In Japan
[FN#67] The Lin Tsi school was started by Nan Yoh, a pr...
Enlightenment Is Beyond Description And Analysis
In the foregoing chapters we have had several occasions to re...
Each Smile A Hymn Each Kindly Word A Prayer
The glorious sun of Buddha-nature shines in the zenith of Enl...
The Fifth And The Sixth Patriarchs
Tao Sin transmitted the Law to Hung Jan (Ko-nin), who being e...
Epicureanism And Life
There are a good many people always buoyant in spirit and mir...
Scripture Is No More Than Waste Paper
[FN#107] Zen is not based on any particular sutra, either of...
There Is No Mortal Who Is Non-moral Or Purely Immoral
The same is the case with the third and the fourth class of p...
Pessimistic View Of The Ancient Hindus
In addition to this, the new theory of matter has entirely ov...
The Four Alternatives And The Five Categories
There are, according to Zen, the four classes of religious an...
Introduction Of Zen Into China By Bodhidharma
An epoch-making event took place in the Buddhist history of C...
The Breathing Exercise Of The Yogi
Breathing exercise is one of the practices of Yoga, and somew...
Zen After The Restoration
After the Restoration of the Mei-ji (1867) the popularity of ...
Where Then Does The Error Lie?
Where, then, does the error lie in the four possible proposit...
The Spiritual Attainment Of The Sixth Patriarch
Some time before his death (in 675 A.D.) the Fifth Patriarch
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The Five Ranks Of Merit
Thus far we have stated how to train our body and mind accord...
Zen Is Not Nihilistic
Zen judged from ancient Zen masters' aphorisms may seem, at t...
The Third Step In The Mental Training
To be the lord of mind is more essential to Enlightenment, wh...
The Disciples Under The Sixth Patriarch
Some time after this the Sixth Patriarch settled himself down...
Great Men And Nature
All great men, whether they be poets or scientists or religio...
Life And Change
Transformation and change are the essential features of life;...