…Monk, the Chinese Han shan, treated like a kind of clown, or again in such a painting as this which shows the great master Hakuin, a Japanese master of the 17th century. This was painted by one of his students and Hakuin himself wrote a poem above it.…

…this which shows the great master Hakuin, a Japanese master of the 17th century. This was painted by one of his students and Hakuin himself wrote a poem above it. And here is the man you see who doesn't take himself seriously it says: in the assembly…

…developing an elaborate culture. And you remember when I was talking to you about those four Great Japanese masters of the 17th century Hakuin and bankei, Zen Teachers, basho as a poet and sengai, who was also a Zen Teacher but is chiefly remembered as a…

…that. So this State I'm describing is the state of munen, of no thought. But it doesn't mean a kind of anti intellectual attitude. Hakuin, the 17th century master writes in one of his poems he uses the phrase taking hold of the no thought in the midst…

…not in that form. It's falling apart right under our eyes. It's old and it's set in its ways. Also, since the time of Hakuin, the koans have been given fixed answers. That is to say there is a sort of prescribed way in which to answer and you've…

…a division in the history of Zen. There was a critical point in the 17th century when there were two very great masters, Hakuin and bankei. Now the 17th century is tremendously important in Japanese History because that was a time when of what you might…

…to say too that trying to purify your mind is like trying to wash off blood with blood. But bankei's Zen was elusive. Hakuin had eight successors, bankei had none, and some people think that that was the most admirable thing about him. In this morning's…

…make a ripple. And there was one Zen master very it was very much respected called bankei who was a contemporary of Hakuin. Now Hakuin dominates rinzai Zen to this day that's 17th century. His method: bankei was a contemporary Hakuin left 80 successors…

…And there was one Zen master very it was very much respected called bankei who was a contemporary of Hakuin. Now Hakuin dominates rinzai Zen to this day that's 17th century. His method: bankei was a contemporary Hakuin left 80 successors bankei left…

…was a contemporary of Hakuin. Now Hakuin dominates rinzai Zen to this day that's 17th century. His method: bankei was a contemporary Hakuin left 80 successors bankei left none and bankei is a little bit admired for this. See he didn't as Zen saying he…

…into buddhahood to see the world in a new way by altering oneself rather than changing the world, so that, as the old Zen master Hakuin said, when we get this point of view this earth is the lotus land of purity and this body is the body of buddha.…

…century, when in this country there were three no I'll say four superbly important men: basho, the haiku poet, bankei, a Zen Teacher, Hakuin, Another Zen Teacher, and sengai, a Zen painter. And I want to say something about the work of these four men and…

…who, in quite different ways, helped, made it possible for Zen understanding to spread beyond a sort of clerical circle. Hakuin did it by one method, bankei by another, and very interesting results arise from this. Hakuin was an extraordinarily clever…

…a sort of clerical circle. Hakuin did it by one method, bankei by another, and very interesting results arise from this. Hakuin was an extraordinarily clever teacher and he systematized the koan system in such a way that it could be very conveniently…

…That in this age of the kali yuga, when everything is falling apart, you couldn't possibly expect more than that. So Hakuin by his very ingenious but rigorous discipline, he was a martinet, he really was but he encouraged many young Japanese to…