All Hakuin Ekaku Quotes
- The spirit of meditation is the combating of self-willed thinking-it is a combat against the weight of one's feelings. Combat
- Not knowing how near the truth is, we seek it far away. Far
- All beings by nature are Buddhas, as ice by nature is water. Apart from water there is no ice; apart from beings, no Buddhas. All
- What is this true meditation? It is to make everything: coughing, swallowing, waving the arms, motion, stillness, words, action, the evil and the good, prosperity… Action
- How bright and transparent the moonlight of wisdom. Bright
- Should you desire the great tranquility, prepare to sweat. Art
- You know the sound of two hands clapping; tell me, what is the sound of one hand? Clapping
- What is the sound of one hand? Hand
- At the bottom of great doubt lies great awakening. If you doubt fully, you will awaken fully. Awaken
- Underlying great doubt there is great satori, where there is thorough questioning there will be thoroughgoing experience of awakening. Awakening
- Meditation in the midst of activity is a thousand times superior to meditation in stillness. Activity
- I encourage all you superior seekers in the secret depths to devote yourselves to penetrating and clarifying the self, as earnestly as you would put… All
- From the sea of effortlessness, let your great uncaused compassion shine forth. Compassion
- 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… Able
- At this moment, is there anything lacking? Nirvana is right here now before our eyes. This place is the lotus land. This body now is… Body