Hakuin Ekaku Born : 1686 Died : 1769 Browse All Authors Top 22 quotes by Hakuin Ekaku If you forget yourself, you become the universe. Hakuin Ekaku forget-you ifs forget Meditation in the midst of activity is a thousand times superior to meditation in stillness. Hakuin Ekaku midst thousand meditation 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. Hakuin Ekaku ice honesty water 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 and shame, gain and loss, right and wrong, into one single koan. Hakuin Ekaku meditation evil loss At the bottom of great doubt lies great awakening. If you doubt fully, you will awaken fully. Hakuin Ekaku awakening doubt lying Not knowing how near the truth is, we seek it far away. Hakuin Ekaku truth-is knowing meaningful If only you could hear Hakuin Ekaku ifs sound snow From the sea of effortlessness, let your great uncaused compassion shine forth. Hakuin Ekaku shining compassion sea You know the sound of two hands clapping; tell me, what is the sound of one hand? Hakuin Ekaku sound two hands Meditation in action is endlessly more important than meditation in stillness. Hakuin Ekaku important meditation action 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. Hakuin Ekaku focus eye practice Should you desire the great tranquility prepare to sweat white beads. Hakuin Ekaku sweat desire art 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 out a fire on the top of your head. Hakuin Ekaku self secret fire 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 the Buddha. Hakuin Ekaku land eye spiritual The spirit of meditation is the combating of self-willed thinking-it is a combat against the weight of one's feelings. Hakuin Ekaku meditation self thinking Contemplation within activity is a million times better than contemplation within stillness. Hakuin Ekaku activity contemplation millions Underlying great doubt there is great satori, where there is thorough questioning there will be thoroughgoing experience of awakening. Hakuin Ekaku thorough awakening doubt From the very beginning all beings are Buddha. Hakuin Ekaku ice water In singing and dancing is the voice of the Law. Hakuin Ekaku voice dancing law What is the sound of one hand? Hakuin Ekaku clapping sound hands
