Buddhism
Wang Yang Ming O-yo-mei And A Thief
One evening when Wang was giving a lecture to a number of stu...
The Parable Of A Drunkard
Now the question arises, If all human beings are endowed with...
The Method Of Instruction Adopted By Zen Masters
Thus far we have described the doctrine of Zen inculcated by ...
The Parable Of The Monk And The Stupid Woman
The confused or unenlightened may be compared with a monk and...
The Theory Of Buddha-nature Adequately Explains The Ethical States Of Man
This theory of Buddha-nature enables us to get an insight int...
The Progress And Hope Of Life
How many myriads of years have passed since the germs of life...
Zen In The Dark Age
The latter half of the Ashikaga period was the age of arms an...
Where Does The Root Of The Illusion Lie?
Now let us examine where illusion lies hidden from the view o...
The Resemblance Of The Zen Monk To The Samurai
Let us point out in brief the similarities between Zen and Ja...
The Application Of The Law Of Causation To Morals
Although it may be needless to state here the law of causatio...
Zazen Or The Sitting In Meditation
Habit comes out of practice, and forms character by degrees, ...
The Four Alternatives And The Five Categories
There are, according to Zen, the four classes of religious an...
The Next Step In The Mental Training
In the next place we have to strive to be the master of our b...
Idealism Is A Potent Medicine For Self-created Mental Disease
In so far as Buddhist idealism refers to the world of sense, ...
Scripture Is No More Than Waste Paper
Zen is not based on any particular sutra, either of
Mahaya...
Change As Seen By Zen
Zen, like Hinayanism, does not deny the doctrine of Transienc...
Buddha Dwelling In The Individual Mind
Enlightened Consciousness in the individual mind acquires for...
A Sutra Equal In Size To The Whole World
The holy writ that Zen masters admire is not one of parchment...
Missionary Activity Of The Sixth Patriarch
As we have seen above, the Sixth Patriarch was a great genius...
Life And Change
Transformation and change are the essential features of life;...