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 More Quotes by Hakuin Ekaku More Quotes From Hakuin Ekaku If you forget yourself, you become the universe. Hakuin Ekaku forget-youifsforget Meditation in the midst of activity is a thousand times superior to meditation in stillness. Hakuin Ekaku midstthousandmeditation 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 icehonestywater 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 meditationevilloss At the bottom of great doubt lies great awakening. If you doubt fully, you will awaken fully. Hakuin Ekaku awakeningdoubtlying Not knowing how near the truth is, we seek it far away. Hakuin Ekaku truth-isknowingmeaningful If only you could hear Hakuin Ekaku ifssoundsnow From the sea of effortlessness, let your great uncaused compassion shine forth. Hakuin Ekaku shiningcompassionsea You know the sound of two hands clapping; tell me, what is the sound of one hand? Hakuin Ekaku soundtwohands Meditation in action is endlessly more important than meditation in stillness. Hakuin Ekaku importantmeditationaction Should you desire the great tranquility prepare to sweat white beads. Hakuin Ekaku sweatdesireart 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 selfsecretfire 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 landeyespiritual The spirit of meditation is the combating of self-willed thinking-it is a combat against the weight of one's feelings. Hakuin Ekaku meditationselfthinking Contemplation within activity is a million times better than contemplation within stillness. Hakuin Ekaku activitycontemplationmillions Underlying great doubt there is great satori, where there is thorough questioning there will be thoroughgoing experience of awakening. Hakuin Ekaku thoroughawakeningdoubt From the very beginning all beings are Buddha. Hakuin Ekaku icewater In singing and dancing is the voice of the Law. Hakuin Ekaku voicedancinglaw What is the sound of one hand? Hakuin Ekaku clappingsoundhands Nirvana is right here, before our eyes. Hakuin Ekaku eye
