ED, 'Hakuin on Kensho' edited with commentary by Albert Low.
Mike ________________________________ From: ED <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 28 March, 2011 10:16:38 Subject: Re: [Zen] Hakuin's Zen Mike, Which book about Hakuin are you currently reading? --ED --- In [email protected], mike brown <uerusuboyo@...> wrote: > > ED, > > I'm reading a book right now about Hakuin and his focus on the kensho > experience. Certainly makes sense to me. It could also be argued, however, > that > > for some people that relentless pursuit of kensho pushes them ever further > from > > it. I also notice that D. T. Suzuki was of the same mind as Hakuin: > > According to D. T. Suzuki, "Satori is the raison d'être of Zen, without > which > Zen is no Zen. Therefore every contrivance, disciplinary and doctrinal, is > directed towards satori." (Wiki search for 'satori'). > > Mike > ED posted: > > "For Hakuin, what was most important was the breakthrough *kensho* >experience, reached after years of rigorous meditation practice; apart from >*kensho*, the words and ideas of Zen are worthless and meaningless. Hakuin's Zen represents a level of authenticity consonant with the height of Zen in the T'ang Dynasty." > > "It is a Zen that focuses on the central matter relentlessly, and has >absolutely no use for anything that serves to distract from this." >
