The Zen Master Hakuin: Selected Writings

260 Pages·1973·11.48 MB·English

by  Philip B. Yampolsky

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0 FOREWORD
0 TheZ enM asteHra kuinS:e lecWtreidt ii11sgo sn eo ft he
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primarfioloryt hesrp ecialists.
Of them ajotrr aditoifoO nrsi entthaolu gChhti neasned
JapaneBsued dhiismst hel eawsetl rle presebnytc eodm petent
transladteisopnistt,he eq uantoifts ye condwarriyt ionngt he
subjePcrto.f esYsaomrp olshkayas l reacdoyn tribiumtpeodr tantly
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presewnotr ki so fa quitdei fferseonrtrt e,p resetnhteim nogr e
fuldleyv eloapnedad u thentiZceantt readd iitniJ oanp aHna.k uin
isp robabtlhyel eadifinggu rien t heh istoorfJy a panReisne zai
Zena,n dt hem anm ostr esponsfiobrtl heefl ourishoiftn hge
schoionlt moo dertni mes.
Thes electgiiovnehsne raer ca lsqou itienc ontrtaost th e
earl"isecrr iptautrter"i btuott ehdeS ixtPha triawrhcihc,ih n ­
vokehsi asu thoriindt oyc trinal amnadst etcetrasdr iiasnp utes.
Hakuisnl 'e ttaerrresa thaenri ntimate reovfhe ilpsae trisoonn al
religious eTxhpiedsri iffeenrceen.c e, hhaonswo etnv eecre,s sarily
madet het ranslawtoorrka' nsye asiMeurc.h o ft hem eaninigs
implincoitet x,p liacnidct a,n nboetd etermiwnietdch e rtainty.
Therefwoero ew em ucht hantkosP rofesYsaomrp olsfkoyhr i s
willingtnoue nsdse rttahkoeef tehna zardtoaussok fi nterpreting
thetseex ftosWr e sterrena ders.
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8 PREFACE
8 Thet ranslaotffieornhesed r aer mee antto s ervaesa g eneral
introducttoHi aoknu iTnh.e ya ren oti ntendaestd h,e l acokf
detailed anwniolitlna dtiicotanotr ee,p resaenen xth austive study
oft hem ana ndh iwso rksI.ns elecmtaitnegr fioatrlr anslIa tion
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at onacsre e quirtionomg u che xplanaatpoprayr attoub seo f
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authotri'msea ,n da ret hudsu laln dr epetiwthieonurs e ndered
intEon gliIsh ha.v teh ucso nfmcmdy setloft het ranslaotfi on
three ptiheaccteo sn siosflt e ttteorv sa rioaucsq uaintoafn ces
HakuiAnl.t houcgohm posienda ne pistosltayrltyeh ,e ayr ei n
effecste rmons, dealing primarily with Zen.
Hakuihna su pt on owb een studiedb yB nuedidthhiesrt
specianloirbs yts st udeonftt sh el anguaagnedl iteraotfhu irse
perisoodt ,h amty translastuiffoefnrrs o tmh aeb senocfse c holarly
worktso w hicIh mighhta vet urnefdo ra ssistHaankcuei.n
writiensa ne xceptiodniaffilcluysl tty laen dt heraer em any
placwehse rteh et ranslamtuisotb ner egardaestd e ntatIinv e.
additihoeqn u,o tferse eflryo mc anonitceaxlat nsd f romo ther
writeVresr.yf requehnitqslu yo tatairoein nse rroorra rev ery
vagueildye ntiIfih eadv.me a den oe xhausattitveem tpoit d entify
thesqeu otatiwohnesnt; h es ouricsfe a irrleya diolbyt ainaIb le,
havseu ppltiheeid n formatbiuotwn h,e nt hiissn ott hec asIe ,
havseo i ndicaotrle edft th qeu otatwi1oannsn otated.
Hakuiswn o'r khsa vaep peairnen du meropuosp uleadri tions;
howevetrh esaer eu sualvleyr lyi ghetdliyt aendd a nnotaitfe d,
ata lIlh .a vfeo untdh vee rsikonno wna sH akuizne nsjhiu e,d ited
byT okiwDaa ijoi nt hDea i-Nibhuonnk soe ri(eTso ky1o9,3 8t)o
beb yf atrh em ostr eliaabnldeh ,av de ependleadr geolnyt he
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Xll • PREFACE
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Buddhipsrmo vidientd h ne oteisnt; h ei ntroduIcg tiivotenh e
Chinerseea diwnigt thh Jea paniensp ea renthienst ehsem; a in
bodyo ft htee xnta meosfB uddhaansdb odhisaatrtgevi avsei nn
Japanreosmea niza(teixoanm pSlheask:a muAnmii,d aB,ir ushana);
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int heha ndosfM isAsn ita Feolfdt mhaeCn o lumbUinai versity
PresHse.r c arpea,t ienacnedm, e ticulouhsanveees lsi minated
numeroeursr oarnsdi nconsisatnedhn ecrii ness istoenan m coer e
elaboreaxtpel anaotfiv oanr iohuiss toraincdta elc hnidceatla ils
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ofe xtenshievletp o m e inu nraveltihnecg o mplexiotfi es
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errotrhsaa nr neo wp resweonutl hda vfeo untdh ewiary i nttoh e
translaFtoirwo hna.t evmeirs taiknet sr anslaantdii onnt erpreta­
tiorne maiInm ,u sbte atrh ree sponsibility.
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0 CONTENTS
ForewobrydW , m.T heododreeB ary IX
Preface xi
Abbreviations xiv
IntroducHtaikounia:nn dR inzZaein I
Orategama
I Lettienrr epltyo L ordN abeshiGmoav,e rnoorf
SettPsruo vince 29
II Lettteoar S icMko nkl ivifnagar w ay 73
IIIL ettienra nswetro a n OldN un oft heHo ke
[NichiSreecnt] 86
Supplement 106
OrategaZmoak ushLiie:t tienra nswetro t heq uestion:
Whichi ss upertihoeKr o,a no rt heN embutsu?1 25
AppendeIdna: n swetroa v isitcorri'tsi cism 149
Yabukoji 159
Hebiichigo
I I8I
II 203
AppendiTxh:eW orkosf Hakuin 223
Bibliography 235
Index 239
0
ABBREVIATIONS
HOZ Hakuions hzae nsThoiik.y o1,9 678. v olRse.p riendti tion.
HZS Hakuizne nsjhiu E.d itbeydT okiwDaa ijToo,k yo1,9 38
(Dai-NibhuonnkB ou:k kyhoe n).
T Taisshhoi ndsahiii- zoTkoykoy.o1 ,9 14-19825v2 o.l s.
zn ZenD ustb,yM iurIas sahnud R uthS asaKkyio.t o1,9 66.
zz Dai-Nizhooknu -zoKkyyoot.o1 ,9 05-1971520v. o ls.