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This book is a collection of ten shorts talks on Buddhism by Japanese Zen Master Gudo Nishijima. In the first part, Master Nishijima talks about his theory of three philosophies and one reality - his interpretation of Gautama Buddha's Four Noble Truths. Each talk is followed by a lively discussion and questions and answers. The second part contains translations of three talks given by Master Nishijima on NHK Radio in Japan in 1994. The talks are titled: Buddhism & Action, Action & Daily Life, and Buddhism & Zazen. "...If we look at the many Sutras written about the Buddha's realization we can conclude that he reached that viewpoint or state because he revered action. Action cannot exist at any other time or place than the present moment here and now. Another way of looking at this is in terms of past, present and future: no matter what mistakes we have made in the past, although we may regret them, we can never return to the past to put things right. At the same time, although we want to attain our dream or reach some aim in the future, we can never go into the future to reach our dream or aim. But if we look at life as centered on acting, we see that we can only really exist in the present. We can never return to the past,and we cannot go into the future. This is the essence of what Gautama Buddha taught-real existence is the present moment..."

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Book category Books in English Humanities Philosophy Non-Western philosophy

• Full title: Three Philosophies and One Reality & NHK Radio Talks
• Author: Gudo Wafu Nishijima
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 122
• EAN: 9780956299925
• ISBN: 9780956299925
• ID: 07422375
• Publisher: Dogen Sangha Publications
• Weight: 152 g
• Dimensions: 207 × 125 × 9 mm
• Date of publishing: 24. August 2009

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