The Religion of the Samurai is a study of Zen philosophy and
discipline in China and Japan. Nukariya states the purpose of this
work as follows, "The object of this little book is to show how the
Mahayanistic view of life and of the world differs markedly from
that of Hinayanism, which is generally taken as Buddhism by
occidentals, to explain how the religion of Buddha has adapted
itself to its environment in the Far East, and also to throw light
on the existing state of the spiritual life of modern Japan. The
Zen Sect is older than Buddhism itself. Even though it is very old
the ideas in the Zen sect are very new and practiced by Buddhists
today. The author goes on to say, "Buddhist denominations, like
non-Buddhist religions, lay stress on scriptural authority; but Zen
denounces it on the ground that words or characters can never
adequately express religious truth, which can only be realized by
mind; consequently it claims that the religious truth attained by
Shakya Muni in his Enlightenment has been handed down neither by
word of mouth nor by the letters of scriptures, but from teacher's
mind to disciple's through the line of transmission until the
present day."
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