Buddhism
Three Important Elements Of Zen
To understand how Zen developed during some four hundred year...
The Four Alternatives And The Five Categories
There are, according to Zen, the four classes of religious an...
The Eternal Life As Taught By Professor Munsterberg
Some philosophical pessimists undervalue life simply because ...
Enlightenment Implies An Insight Into The Nature Of Self
We cannot pass over, however, this weighty problem without sa...
Nature And Her Lesson
Nature offers us nectar and ambrosia every day, and everywher...
Each Smile A Hymn Each Kindly Word A Prayer
The glorious sun of Buddha-nature shines in the zenith of Enl...
The Manliness Of The Zen Monk And Of The Samurai
Thirdly, both the Zen monk and the Samurai were distinguished...
Buddha The Universal Life
Zen conceives Buddha as a Being, who moves, stirs, inspires,
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The Beatitude Of Zen
We are far from denying, as already shown in the foregoing ch...
Bodhidharma's Disciples And The Transmission Of The Law
For details, see Chwen Tang Luh and Den Ka Roku, by Kei Z...
Zen Is Not Nihilistic
Zen judged from ancient Zen masters' aphorisms may seem, at t...
Missionary Activity Of The Sixth Patriarch
As we have seen above, the Sixth Patriarch was a great genius...
The Introduction Of The So-to School Of Zen
This school was started by Tsing-Yuen (Sei-gen), an emine...
A Sutra Equal In Size To The Whole World
The holy writ that Zen masters admire is not one of parchment...
Let Go Of Your Idle Thoughts
A famous Zenist, Mu-go-koku-shi, is said to have replied ...
The Creative Force Of Nature And Humanity
The innate tendency of self-preservation, which manifests its...
An Illusion Concerning Appearance And Reality
To get Enlightened we must next dispel an illusion respecting...
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...
Personalism Of B P Bowne
B. P. Bowne says: They (phenomena) are not phantoms or
illus...
