Taitetsu Unno quotes

“Buddhism is a path of supreme optimism, for one of its basic tenets is that no human life or experience is to be wasted or forgotten, but all should be transformed into a source of wisdom and compassionate living.”
-- Taitetsu Unno

Source : Taitetsu Unno (2002). “Shin Buddhism: Bits of Rubble Turn into Gold”, p.17, Harmony

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“Awakening is dynamic, Constantly evolving in accordance with life's realities”
-- Taitetsu Unno

Source : Taitetsu Unno (2010). “River of Fire, River of Water: An Introduction to the Pure Land Tradition of Shin Buddhism”, p.82, Image

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“Dharma has several connotations in South Asian religions, but in Buddhism it has two basic, interrelated meanings: dharma as 'teaching' as found in the expression Buddha Dharma, and dharma as 'reality-as-is' (abhigama-dharma). The teaching is a verbal expression of reality-as-is that consists of two aspects-the subject that realizes and the object that is realized. Together they constitute 'reality-as-is;' if either aspect is lacking, it is not reality-as-is. This sense of dharma or reality-as-is is also called suchness (tathata) or thatness (tattva) in Buddhism.”
-- Taitetsu Unno

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“Such sorrow— The cry of true compassion Sinks into my hard ego.”
-- Taitetsu Unno

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“When we mistake words for reality, we are subject to the tyranny of words.”
-- Taitetsu Unno

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“To die or not to die ... we really don't have a choice. We can therefore only take care of our life-body, until the fullness of time and being ends our existence on earth.”
-- Taitetsu Unno

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“Such sorrow— The cry of true compassion Sinks into my hard ego.”
-- Taitetsu Unno

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“It just seemed like Buddhism, especially Tibetan Buddhism - because that's mainly what I've been exposed to - was a real solid organization of teachings to point someone in the right direction. Some real well thought out stuff. But I don't know, like, every last detail about Buddhism.”

Source : "Sometimes, you just gotta' shut down". Interview With Amy Green, www.salon.com. 1995.

“I was also built from delusional optimism and folly.”

“My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias.”

“I like my coffee with cream and my literature with optimism.”

Source : Abigail Reynolds (2010). “Man Who Loved Pride and Prejudice: A modern love story with a Jane Austen twist”, p.27, Sourcebooks, Inc.

“I’m always about optimism and exuberance. It’s what I feel about fashion.”

“Pessimism of the spirit; optimism of the will.”

“I do what I feel is right. I do not fear to walk on a new path and take risk.”

“Follow the way of life, which the Holy Prophet has shown you, for verily that is the right path.”

“Actually, all paths lead away from the truth...how's that? All paths. There's no such thing as a path to the truth. The truth's already here, where are you going?”

“One recognises one's course by discovering the paths that stray from it.”