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Religion of the Samurai (Large Print Edition)

History

NUKARIYA, KAITEN

Asia

BiblioLife

First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Religion Of The Samurai (Kegan Paul Japan Library)

Routledge

The religion of the Samurai;: A study of Zen philosophy and discipline in China and Japan

Excerpt: ...that would help him in his task of arousing her from death-like slumber. Fortunately, he found a razor in one of the drawers of her mirror stand. With it he gave a stroke to her hair, but she did not stir a whit. Then came another stroke, and she snored like thunder. The third and fourth strokes came, but with no better result. And at last her head was shaven clean, yet still she slept on. The next morning when she awoke, she could not find her visitor, the monk, as he had left the house in the previous night. 'Where is my visitor, where my dear monk?' she called aloud, and waking in a state of somnambulation looked for him in vain, repeating the outcry. When at length her hand accidentally touched her shaven head, she mistook it for that of her visitor, and exclaimed: 'Here you are, my dear, where am I myself gone then?" A great trouble with the confused is their forgetting of real self or Buddha-nature, and not knowing 'where it is gone.' Duke Ngai, of the State of Lu, once said to Confucius: "One of my subjects, Sir, is so much forgetful that he forgot to take his wife when be changed his residence." "That is not much, my lord," said the sage, "the Emperors KiehFN#173 and CheuFN#174 forgot their own selves."FN#175 FN#173 The last Emperor of the Ha dynasty, notorious for his vices. His reign was 1818-1767 B.C. FN#174 The last Emperor of the Yin dynasty, one of the worst despots. His reign was 1154-1122 B.C. FN#175 Ko-shi-ke-go. 18. 'Each Smile a Hymn, each Kindly Word a Prayer.' The glorious sun of Buddha-nature shines in the zenith of Enlightened Consciousness, but men still dream a dream of illusion. Bells and clocks of the Universal Church proclaim the dawn of Bodhi, yet men, drunk with the liquors of the Three PoisonsFN#176 Still slumber in the darkness of sin. Let us pray to Buddha, in whose bosom we live, for the sake of our own salvation. Let us invoke Buddha, whose boundless mercy ever besets us, for the Sake of joy and peace of all our...

Religion & Spirituality

Buddhism

Rowman Littlefield

ZEN PHILOSOPHY & DISCIPLINE: RELIGION OF THE SAMURAI

Politics & Social Sciences

TSUNG MIH, KWEI FUNG

Philosophy

SUB ROSA PUBLISHING

The Religion of the Samurai; a Study of Zen Philosophy and Discipline in China and Japan

The Religion of the Samurai; A Study of Zen Philosophy and Discipline in China and Japan

<p>First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &amp; Francis, an informa company.</p>

Religion Of The Samurai

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The Religion of the Samurai by Kaiten Nukariya

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