Hakuin on Kensho

The Four Ways of Knowing

By: Albert Low

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Paperback | 15 December 2006 | Edition Number 1

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Kensho is the Zen experience of waking up to one's own true nature-of understanding oneself to be not different from the Buddha-nature that pervades all existence. The Japanese Zen Master Hakuin (1689-1769) considered the experience to be essential. In his autobiography he says: "Anyone who would call himself a member of the Zen family must first achieve kensho-realization of the Buddha's way. If a person who has not achieved kensho says he is a follower of Zen, he is an outrageous fraud. A swindler pure and simple."

Hakuin's short text on kensho, "Four Ways of Knowing of an Awakened Person," is a little-known Zen classic. The "four ways" he describes include the way of knowing of the Great Perfect Mirror, the way of knowing equality, the way of knowing by differentiation, and the way of the perfection of action. Rather than simply being methods for "checking" for enlightenment in oneself, these ways ultimately exemplify Zen practice. Albert Low has provided careful, line-by-line commentary for the text that illuminates its profound wisdom and makes it an inspiration for deeper spiritual practice.

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Hakuin and the importance of awakening	p. 1
On Koan study	p. 3
Hakuin's practice	p. 4
Hakuin's awakenings	p. 6
Hakuin and Zen master Shoju	p. 8
Hakuin's writings	p. 11
On the diversity of the spiritual life	p. 12
Knowing, knowledge, and wisdom	p. 17
Knowing and the practice of Zen	p. 19
The jug and the Clay	p. 21
The origin of the idea of four ways of knowing	p. 22
The four ways of knowing as four ways of asking, "who am I?"	p. 24
Lay practice	p. 25
Note on the layout of this book	p. 28
The four ways of knowing of an enlightened person : Hakuin's text	p. 29
The way of knowing of the great perfect mirror	p. 29
The way of knowing equality	p. 30
The way of knowing by differentiation	p. 30
The way of perfection of action	p. 30
Great faith, great doubt	p. 31
The gate of inspiration	p. 32
The gate of practice	p. 33
The gate of awakening	p. 35
The gate of Nirvana	p. 37
Commentary on the four ways of knowing of an enlightened person	p. 41
Are the three bodies inherent?	p. 41
Great perfect mirror knowing	p. 49
Knowing equality	p. 58
Knowing by differentiation	p. 62
The way of perfection of action	p. 63
The importance of continuing practice after awakening	p. 65
The gate of inspiration	p. 81
The gate of practice	p. 91
The gate of awakening	p. 103
The gate of Nirvana	p. 114
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