Hakuin on Kensho: The Four Ways of Knowing
The Four Ways of Knowing
$33.34
- Paperback
129 pages
- Release Date
15 December 2006
Summary
Kensho is the Zen experience of waking up to one’s own true nature - of understanding one’s self to be no different from the Buddha nature that pervades all existence.
Zen Master Hakuin considered the experience to be of central importance. In his autobiography, he states: “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. …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781590303771 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1590303776 |
| Author: | Albert Low |
| Publisher: | Shambhala Publications |
| Imprint: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 129 |
| Release Date: | 15 December 2006 |
| Weight: | 181g |
| Dimensions: | 10mm x 143mm x 212mm |
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About The Author
Albert Low
Albert Low holds degrees in philosophy and psychology, and was for many years a management consultant, lecturing widely on organizational dynamics. He studied Zen under Roshi Philip Kapleau, author of The Three Pillars of Zen, receiving transmission as a teacher in 1986. He is currently director and guiding teacher of the Montreal Zen Centre. He is the author of several previous books, including Zen and Creative Management and The Iron Cow of Zen.
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