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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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No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
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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:
The essential teachings of Zen Master Hakuin
Wild Ivy
The Zen Master Hakuin
Zen words for the Heart
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