Samurai

The Errors Of Philosophical Pessimists And Religious Optimists
Philosophical pessimists[FN#214] maintain that there are on e...

The Manliness Of The Zen Monk And Of The Samurai
Thirdly, both the Zen monk and the Samurai were distinguished...

Zazen And The Forgetting Of Self
Zazen is a most effectual means of destroying selfishness, th...

True Dhyana
To sit in Meditation is not the only method of practising Zaz...

Missionary Activity Of The Sixth Patriarch
As we have seen above, the Sixth Patriarch was a great genius...

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

Retribution In The Past The Present And The Future Life
Then a question suggests itself: If there be no soul that su...

An Illusion Concerning Appearance And Reality
To get Enlightened we must next dispel an illusion respecting...

Nature And Her Lesson
Nature offers us nectar and ambrosia every day, and everywher...

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

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

Man Is Both Good-natured And Bad-natured According To Yan Hiung
According to Yang Hiung and his followers, good is no less re...

The Fifth And The Sixth Patriarchs
Tao Sin transmitted the Law to Hung Jan (Ko-nin), who being e...

Hinayanism And Its Doctrine
The doctrine of Transience was the first entrance gate of Hin...

The Ten Pictures Of The Cowherd
[FN#275] The pictures were drawn by Kwoh Ngan (Kaku-an), a...

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

Each Smile A Hymn Each Kindly Word A Prayer
The glorious sun of Buddha-nature shines in the zenith of Enl...

The Creative Force Of Nature And Humanity
The innate tendency of self-preservation, which manifests its...

Calmness Of Mind
The Yogi breathing above mentioned is fit rather for physical...

There Is No Mortal Who Is Purely Moral
By nature man should be either good or bad; or he should be g...