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  • T.e idea of the true self as a “self that is not a self” expresses an essential aspect of what Nishida and other Kyoto School thinkers call ” following D.T. Suzuki, who in turn gleaned the idea from the Diamond Sutra ” the “logic of soku-hi,” a logic of “is and is not” or affirmation by way of negation (see Akizuki 1996, 109 “ 152; NKZ XI, 398 “ 99; Nishida 1987, 70).

    The Kyoto School Davis, Bret W. 2006

  • Lastly, soku means the most perfect breath which is continuous and quiet as if it were faint breath.

    From Mumon Roshi's instructions on zen... Mumon 2005

  • One expression that needs a bit of explanation, however, is soku-shaku.

    Words of love » Japundit Blog 2005

  • The first Butsu-soku-seki made in Japan was that erected at

    In Ghostly Japan Lafcadio Hearn 1877

  • Tokyo alone there are a number of Butsu-soku-seki, or "Buddha - foot stones," which I have seen, -- and probably several which I have not seen.

    In Ghostly Japan Lafcadio Hearn 1877

  • But I think that the inscriptions upon any of these Butsu-soku - seki will be found of more significance than the above imperfect attempts at an explanation of the emblems.

    In Ghostly Japan Lafcadio Hearn 1877

  • Oumou Sangaré 's band, notably Zoumana Tereta, who plays the one-stringed soku fiddle.

    Spinner 2010

  • In 1934 Nishida writes: “Reality is being and at the same time nothingness; it is being-and-nothingness [u-soku-mu], nothingness-and-being; it is both subjective and objective, noetic and noematic.

    The Kyoto School Davis, Bret W. 2006

  • (Nishida uses the Buddhist connective soku to indicate the relation between one and many and to emphasize their inherent reversibility: one soku many, many soku one.

    Nishida Kitarô Maraldo, John 2005

  • i would like to see soku the classic judo vs bjj by ndzzy

    Bloody Elbow Nick Thomas 2010

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