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Shakya Muni And The Prodigal Son
A great trouble with us is that we do not believe in half the...

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

Our Conception Of Buddha Is Not Final
Has, then, the divine nature of Universal Spirit been complet...

Pessimistic View Of The Ancient Hindus
In addition to this, the new theory of matter has entirely ov...

Origin Of Zen In India
To-day Zen as a living faith can be found in its pure form on...

Sutras Used By Zen Masters
Ten Dai failed to explain away the discrepancies and contradi...

The Beatitude Of Zen
We are far from denying, as already shown in the foregoing ch...

The Parable Of A Drunkard
Now the question arises, If all human beings are endowed with...

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

Zen And Idealism
Next Zen makes use of Idealism as explained by the Dharmalaks...

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

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

All The Worlds In Ten Directions Are Buddha's Holy Land
We are to resume this problem in the following chapter. Suff...

The Next Step In The Mental Training
In the next place we have to strive to be the master of our b...

No Need Of The Scriptural Authority For Zen
Some Occidental scholars erroneously identify Buddhism with t...

Buddha-nature Is The Common Source Of Morals
Furthermore, Buddha-nature or real self, being the seat of lo...

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

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

The Introduction Of The So-to School Of Zen
[FN#75] This school was started by Tsing-Yuen (Sei-gen)...

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