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The Ancient Buddhist Pantheon
The ancient Buddhist pantheon was full of deities or Buddhas,...
Enlightenment Implies An Insight Into The Nature Of Self
We cannot pass over, however, this weighty problem without sa...
Life And Change
Transformation and change are the essential features of life;...
The Great Person And Small Person
For these reasons Zen proposes to call man Buddha-natured or
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Zen Under The Toku-gana Shogunate
Peace was at last restored by Iye-yasu, the founder of the To...
Life Consists In Conflict
Life consists in conflict. So long as man remains a social a...
Idealistic Scepticism Concerning Religion And Morality
Similarly, it is the case with religion and morality. If we ...
Do Thy Best And Leave The Rest To Providence
There is another point of view which enables us to enjoy life...
Zazen Or The Sitting In Meditation
Habit comes out of practice, and forms character by degrees, ...
Bodhidharma And The Emperor Wu
No sooner had Bodhidharma landed at Kwang Cheu in Southern Ch...
The Introduction Of The So-to School Of Zen
[FN#75] This school was started by Tsing-Yuen (Sei-gen)...
No Need Of The Scriptural Authority For Zen
Some Occidental scholars erroneously identify Buddhism with t...
Enlightenment Is Beyond Description And Analysis
In the foregoing chapters we have had several occasions to re...
The Ten Pictures Of The Cowherd
[FN#275] The pictures were drawn by Kwoh Ngan (Kaku-an), a...
The Manliness Of The Zen Monk And Of The Samurai
Thirdly, both the Zen monk and the Samurai were distinguished...
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 ...
The Five Ranks Of Merit
Thus far we have stated how to train our body and mind accord...
Zen And Nirvana
The beatitude of Zen is Nirvana, not in the Hinayanistic sens...
Man Is Bad-natured According To Siun Tsz
The weaknesses of Mencius's theory are fully exposed by anot...
Great Men And Nature
All great men, whether they be poets or scientists or religio...