Hakuin on Kensho: The Four Ways of Knowing
A Zen, Buddhism, Religion book. My favourite intermediate Zen book I've read so far. This is a short work...
Kensho is the Zen experience of waking up to one’s own true nature—of understanding oneself to be not different from the Buddha-nature that pervades all existence. The Japanese Zen Master Hakuin (1689–1769) considered the experience to be essential. In his autobiography he says: “Anyone who would call himself a member of the Zen family must first achieve kensho-realization of the Buddha’s way. If a person who has not achieved kensho says he is a follower of Zen, he is an outrageous fraud. A swindler pure and simple.” Hakuin’s short text on kensho, “Four Ways of Knowing of an Awakened Person,”...
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- Pages: 144 pages
- ISBN: 9781590303771 / 1590303776
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My favourite intermediate Zen book I've read so far. This is a short work of Hakuin's talking about the kensho experience and the ways of knowing both the experience itself, as well as how to tell true teachers from fake ones. Albert Low's translation and commentary is clear and straightforward, and it makes me want to check out some... Out of the many books on Zen i've read this is the one that is closest to my heart. I feel like i've learned so much from it and will use it as a reference for the rest of my life. This is my holy book, now i understand faith. This helped me with a check and balance to my own limited experience of kensho. It has been invaluable in helping me to navigate my practice when there is no Teacher to help. The book is almost in tatters.
