Buddhism

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

How To Worship Buddha
The author of Vimalakirtti-nirdeca-sutra well explains our at...

The Ten Pictures Of The Cowherd
The pictures were drawn by Kwoh Ngan (Kaku-an), a Chinese...

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

Life And Change
A peculiar phase of life is change which appears in the form ...

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

Universal Life Is Universal Spirit
These considerations naturally lead us to see that Universal ...

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

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

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

Buddha The Universal Life
Zen conceives Buddha as a Being, who moves, stirs, inspires, ...

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

Zen In The Dark Age
The latter half of the Ashikaga period was the age of arms an...

The Errors Of Philosophical Pessimists And Religious Optimists
Philosophical pessimists maintain that there are on earth ma...

The Mystery Of Life
Thus far we have pointed out the inevitable conflictions in l...

The Establishment Of The Rin Zai School Of Zen In Japan
The Lin Tsi school was started by Nan Yoh, a prominent d...

Buddha Is Unnamable
Give a definite name to Deity, He would be no more than what ...

Zazen Or The Sitting In Meditation
Habit comes out of practice, and forms character by degrees, ...

Everything Is Living According To Zen
Everything alive has a strong innate tendency to preserve its...

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