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