"How bright and transparent the moonlight of wisdom." — Hakuin Ekaku
"How bright and transparent the moonlight of wisdom."
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15 Quotes by Hakuin Ekaku
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The spirit of meditation is the combating of self-willed thinking-it is a combat against the weight of one's feelings.
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Not knowing how near the truth is, we seek it far away.
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All beings by nature are Buddhas, as ice by nature is water. Apart from water there is no ice; apart…
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What is this true meditation? It is to make everything: coughing, swallowing, waving the arms, motion, stillness, words, action, the…
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Should you desire the great tranquility, prepare to sweat.
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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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What is the sound of one hand?
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At the bottom of great doubt lies great awakening. If you doubt fully, you will awaken fully.
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Underlying great doubt there is great satori, where there is thorough questioning there will be thoroughgoing experience of awakening.
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Meditation in the midst of activity is a thousand times superior to meditation in stillness.
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I encourage all you superior seekers in the secret depths to devote yourselves to penetrating and clarifying the self, as…
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From the sea of effortlessness, let your great uncaused compassion shine forth.
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