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Should you desire the great tranquility prepare to sweat white beads.

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All beings are by nature are Buddhas, as ice by nature is water. Apart from water there is no ice; apart from beings, no Buddhas. How sad that people ignore the near and search the truth afar: like someone in the midst of watercrying out in thirst: like a child of a wealthy home wandering among the poor.

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You know the sound of two hands clapping; tell me, what is the sound of one hand?

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Once a person is able to achieve true singlemindedness in his practice and smash apart the old nest... into which he has settled... Wisdom immediately appears... and the all-discerning Fivefold Eye opens wide.

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Recurrence is sure. What the mind suffered last week, or last year, it does not suffer now; but it will suffer again next week or next year. Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind.
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Hakuin Ekaku

Hakuin Ekaku

Born: January 19, 1686
Died: January 18, 1769 (aged 82)
Bio: Hakuin Ekaku was one of the most influential figures in Japanese Zen Buddhism.
Known for:
  1. The essential teachings of Zen Master Hakuin
  2. Wild Ivy
  3. The Zen Master Hakuin
  4. Zen words for the Heart

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