The Religious Art of Zen Master Hakuin

The Religious Art of Zen Master Hakuin

by Katsuhiro Yoshizawa, Norman Waddell
The Religious Art of Zen Master Hakuin

The Religious Art of Zen Master Hakuin

by Katsuhiro Yoshizawa, Norman Waddell

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Overview

A charismatic and extraordinary Zen teacher and artist, Hakuin (1686–1769) is credited with almost single–handedly reforming and revitalizing Japanese Zen from a state of extreme spiritual decline. As a teacher, he placed special emphasis on koan practice, inventing new koans such as the famous "What is the sound of one hand clapping?" He also stressed the need to extend the benefits of Zen to others.

What made Hakuin even more remarkable was that he was not only a religious teacher but also a prolific artist. Using calligraphy and painting to create "visual Dharma," his teachings were rendered on paper in pictures, characters, and images, uniquely and magnificently expressing the nature of enlightenment as he wished to impart it to his students.

The Religious Art of Zen Master Hakuin is a stunning volume containing many of Hakuin's finest calligraphies and paintings, along with brilliant commentary by Katsuhiro Yoshizawa, the leading Japanese expert on Hakuin and his work. Yoshizawa masterfully guides the reader from one piece of artwork to the next, sharing the story of Hakuin's life, revealing the profound religious meaning embedded in each illustration, and providing a detailed documentary of the lessons of one of Zen's most respected teachers.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781582439860
Publisher: Catapult
Publication date: 05/01/2009
Sold by: Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format: eBook
Pages: 256
File size: 46 MB
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About the Author

Katsuhiro Yoshizawa is a professor of Zen Buddhism at Hanazono University in Kyoto, where he also serves as Director of the Hakuin Studies Center.

Norman Waddell born in Washington, D.C. in 1940, was attracted to Japan by the works of the legendary D.T. Suzuki and his protégée R. H. Blyth, taught at Otani University for over thirty years, and was editor of the Eastern Buddhist Journal for several decades. He has published more than a dozen books on Japanese Zen Buddhism and is considered one of the finest translators of sacred texts of our time. He is the authoritative English translator of works by and about Hakuin.

Table of Contents

Translator's Preface ix

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 Hakuin's Sacred Mountains 19

Chapter 2 Otafuku and Hotei, Portraits and Poets 63

Chapter 3 Rocks, Pumpkinhead, Toys, and Birds 121

Chapter 4 Ingenious Teaching Devices; Unusual Figures 179

Chapter 5 Hakuin's Hell-"Seeking Bodhi Above, Saving Sentient Beings Below" 219

List of Hakuin's Works 253

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