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Thursday 30 September 2021

Haku’un Yasutani

 

When Philip Kapleau asked Haku’un Yasutani if he believed it were possible for an American to achieve satori during a seven day sesshin. Yasutani replied, “You can get it in one day of sesshin if you’re genuinely determined to and you surrender all your conceptual thinking.”

The Third Step East:116, 117, 118, 119, 127, 151, 152, 156-57, 158, 159, 168,169, 181, 189, 201, 204-208, 209, 212

The Story of Zen: 92, 242, 244, 257, 270, 283-84, 292, 296-301, 312, 336, 350, 359, 368, 369, 381, 411, 430

Thursday 16 September 2021

Daiun Sogaku Harada


“Ho! Ho!” Zen Master Daiun Sogaku Harada is said to have remarked, summoning up his life’s work. “For forty years I have been selling water by the river, and my efforts are totally without merit.”

The Third Step East: 116, 127, 151, 168, 201, 205, 220

The Story of Zen: 242, 257, 297, 299, 336, 359, 381, 402, 430

Sunday 5 September 2021

Sokei-an Sasaki

 

In the apartment, where Sokei-an Sasaki’s students met, there was a framed statement which declared in bold print: “Those who come are received. Those who go are not pursued.”

The Third Step East: 57-71; 9, 10-11, 73, 89, 100, 111, 127, 187, 188

The Story of Zen: 234-40, 251, 266, 280, 298, 424