ABSTRACT

Nature proceeds by jumps and pauses, seldom by that 'steady progress* beloved by Chairmen of City Companies, and the answers to the third set of questions were in the main uninspired. The first two questions were:— I. What is the relation between your present inner self-development and the awakening of Bodhi-citta, compassion for all forms of life and their suffering? II. 'Usual life is very Tao (or Zen)\ Interpreted superficially this is a dangerous half-truth; deeply understood it might become the foundation of Western Zen. What is your understanding?