Hakuin Ekaku白隠慧鶴
- Born
- 1686
- Died
- 1769
- Teacher
- Dōkyō Etan (transmission)disputed
- Dharma heir
- Gasan Jitō
- School
- Rinzai
Rinzai monk of the Edo period. He made koans central to training and devised new ones, among them the sound of one hand. The Rinzai head temples' joint history counts every present Rinzai line as descending from him, through his heir Gasan Jitō and Gasan's heirs Inzan Ien and Takujū Kosen. The Zazen wasan is traditionally attributed to him.
Hakuin spent most of his life at Shōin-ji, a small temple in Suruga. He was a prolific writer and painter, and taught lay people as well as monks. Whether he received formal transmission from Dōkyō Etan is debated; he regarded Etan as his teacher.
Writings and records
Related people
Sources
- Hakuin Ekaku, Kaian kokugo 槐安國語 (1749), Taishō T.2574 · link
- Tōrei Enji 東嶺圓慈, Goke sanshō yōromon 五家參詳要路門, with Furoku nimon 附録二門, Taishō T.2576 · link
- Rinnō Gōgisho 臨黄合議所 (Joint Council of the Rinzai and Ōbaku Schools), Rinzaishū no rekishi 臨済宗の歴史 (History of the Rinzai school), sections 中国から日本へ and 白隠慧鶴禅師 · link
- National Diet Library, Japan, Web NDL Authorities: 慧鶴, 1685-1768, ndlna 00269372 · link
- National Diet Library, Japan, Web NDL Authorities: 慧端, ndlna 00269402 · link
- Michel Mohr, Emerging from Nonduality: Kōan Practice in the Rinzai Tradition since Hakuin (2000)
- Heinrich Dumoulin, Zen Buddhism: A History, vol. 2: Japan (2005) · link
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