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10 Sōtō Zenis selfless. It is precisely this ideal which underlies Orientalreligion, philosophy, morality, art, etc. However, although muforms the basis of Oriental civilization in general, its manifestationsin India, China and Japan are quite different from eachother owing to differences in geographical conditions andnational characteristics. Because Indian culture, like that of theGreeks, is a product of an Aryan people, its tendencies are bothintellectual and philosophical. Chinese culture is neitherreligious like the Indian nor philosophical like that of theGreeks, and is distinguished by its preoccupation with thepractical. Japanese culture, on the contrary, is neither intellectualnor practical, but essentially emotional. Its sensitivity tobeauty (J. mono-no-aware) is discernible by the way in whichthe Japanese bring man and nature into relationship with eachother and eliminate the distinction between such opposites asÒinsideÓ and Òoutside.Ó A culture heavily charged with emotion(J. j‡ no bunka), which goes directly to the True Nature ofthings, gave the Japanese people such concepts as wabi andsabi (highly developed aesthetic taste which should be ÒfeltÓrather than intellectually defined). The essence of theseconcepts lies in simplicity and profundity. Buddhism haspermeated every Oriental country and, in the process, hasrevealed its own special characteristics after having combinedwith the intellectual culture of India, the practical culture ofChina and the emotional culture of Japan.
2.The Basic Thought of BuddhismDoes a religious spirit which can embrace science existanywhere in the world? The [late] President of theLondon Buddhist Society, Christmas Humphreys, says,ÒBuddhism is a system of thought, a religion, a form of mentalscience, and a way of life. It is practical and all embracing. Forover two thousand years Buddhism satisfied the spiritual needsof one-third of humanity and is very suitable for Westernersbecause it has no dogma. It satisfies reason and emotionequally, and while teaching us to follow our own convictions, itstresses toleration for other peoplesÕ ideas. It nourishes science,religion, philosophy, psychology, ethics and art and holds thatman is the creator of his present life and the architect of hisdestiny.ÓBuddhism is the teaching of the Buddha, the teaching ofhow to become a Buddha. It is a religion which enlightens us tothe fact that we are already enlightened. ÒBuddhaÓ means inSanskrit Òthe Enlightened OneÓ and is applied to a personwho has attained to Perfect Enlightenment and is capable ofusing this enlightenment to awaken in others the seeds of11
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