If you forget yourself, you become the universe. - Hakuin Ekaku

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If you forget yourself, you become the universe.

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About Hakuin Ekaku

Hakuin Ekaku (白隠 慧鶴 Hakuin Ekaku; January 19, 1686 - January 18, 1769) was one of the most influential figures in Japanese Zen Buddhism. He was a pupil of Dokyo Etan, and transformed the Rinzai school from a declining tradition that lacked rigorous practice into a tradition that focused on arduous meditation and koan practice. Essentially all modern practitioners of Rinzai Zen use practices directly derived from the teachings of Hakuin.

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Alternative Names: Hakuin Zenji Hakuin Sendai Ō Sendaiō Nagasawa Ekaku Ekaku Hakuin
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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. How sad that people ignore the near and search the truth afar: like someone in the midst of water crying out in thirst: like a child of a wealthy home wandering among the poor.

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