The symbolic and the literal. That is why figures such as Daisetz Suzuki and Kitaro Nishida always trod tentatively in seeking to give expression to this inner aspect and were often deeply ashamed or embarassed by their own words. The crux of my difficulties has been not in a lack. Of meaning but an excess.

I hope, by this time next year, to be one of them. It is a big step for me to mention this online. I have felt longings to further my studies in the West many times during my shedra career. A restless ramble about writing. A restless ramble about writing.

Pure Land is Good News. The Who and the Why. We cannot become Buddhas based on our own efforts. In my previous post, I wrote. We cannot become Buddhas based on our own efforts. I had promised to unpack this previous post. Again, the problem with this topic is that there are many different definitions of.

References to Nepal in Classical Chinese Sources. Saturday, March 07, 2015. Perhaps the most famous account of medieval Nepal by a contemporary Chinese monk is that of Xuanzang 玄奘. He provides numerous details about Nepal from his travelogue the Great Tang Report of the Western Region.