Hakuin ekaku self portrait

The Five Ranks [ edit ]. Portraits of Zen Masters by Hakuin. He eventually came to the conclusion that it would be necessary to become a monk.

Hakuin Ekaku (1686-1769), Self-portrait, 1764 - Terebess

Hakuin emphasized the need for "post-satori training", [ 30 ] [ 31 ] purifying the mind of karmic tendencies and. Just like them he was critical of the state of practice in the Rinzai-establishment, which he saw as lacking in rigorous training. Xuyun Dongchu Sheng-yen. Much of his writing was in the vernacular , and in popular forms of poetry that commoners would read.

Uploaded a work by Hakuin Ekaku self-portrait from Ameblo. Lay teachings [ edit ]. He saw a number of books piled out in the temple courtyard, books from every school of Buddhism. Hakuin's Dharma Lineage.

Hakuin ekaku self portrait: Hakuin Ekaku (白隠 慧鶴,

See also [ edit ]. Koan practice [ edit ]. An extremely well known and popular Zen master during his later life, Hakuin was a firm believer in bringing liberation to all people. Rutland, VT: C. Zuiun-ji [ edit ]. Hakuin called this the "great doubt", writing, "At the bottom of great doubt lies great awakening. Akiba Sajakubo Hakuin Ekaku?

In the system developed by his followers, students are assigned koans in a set sequence by their teacher and then meditate on them. In later life he used the instruction "Hear the sound of one hand," which actually consists of two parts, to raise the great doubt with beginners. Writings [ edit ]. Hakuin practiced painting late in life, beginning in his sixties and continuing until his death at eighty-four.

Sengai - Lecturing tours and writing [ edit ]. His influence was so immense that almost all contemporary Rinzai lineages are traced back to him. Hakuin despaired over this story, as it showed that even a great monk could not be saved from a bloody death in this life. Koan-training [ edit ]. Suzuki Soen Nakagawa Keido Fukushima. He believed his "Sound of One Hand" to be more effective in generating the great doubt, and remarked that "its superiority to the former methods is like the difference between cloud and mud".