Such sorrow— The cry of true compassion Sinks into my hard ego. Taitetsu Unno More Quotes by Taitetsu Unno More Quotes From Taitetsu Unno 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 optimism buddhism path Awakening is dynamic, Constantly evolving in accordance with life's realities Taitetsu Unno evolve awakening reality 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 funeral body choices When we mistake words for reality, we are subject to the tyranny of words. Taitetsu Unno tyranny mistake reality 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 buddhism teaching reality
