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You know the sound of two hands clapping; tell me, what is the sound of one hand? - Hakuin Ekaku
" "You know the sound of two hands clapping; tell me, what is the sound of one hand?
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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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Hakuin Zenji
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Hakuin
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Sendai Ō
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Sendaiō
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Nagasawa
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Ekaku
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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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