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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.

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

Awakening is dynamic, Constantly evolving in accordance with life's realities

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

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, Choices, Body

When we mistake words for reality, we are subject to the tyranny of words.

Taitetsu Unno
Mistake, Reality, Tyranny

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
Teaching, Buddhism, Reality

Such sorrow— The cry of true compassion Sinks into my hard ego.

Taitetsu Unno
Compassion, Ego, Sorrow

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