Deep thanks, Albert Low for this wonderful little book! I have read 'Hakuin on Kensho' several times now and I keep it near me always as a constant and helpful friend in my daily practice. Hakuin in his other writings stresses over and over the importance of post-satori training to strengthen and deepen our vow to save all sentient beings. In this book too, we find him encouraging us, once we break through, to study the scriptures...
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Albert Low (born in London in 1928), director of Montreal Zen Centre, a Dharma heir of Rochester NY's Philip Kapleau Roshi (author of the classic "Three Pillars of Zen", a well-respected independent teacher and student of Yasutani Roshi), has written a fine commentary on Hakuin's short (ten page) essay "The Four Ways of Knowing". The commentary, including notes and index is 129 pages long. From the title "Hakuin on Kensho:...
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As a reader of many works explicating the teachings of Zen and other disciplines, this book is one of the best I've found yet. All of Low's books have this same characteristic simplicity, while illucidating some of the most profound teachings of his tradition. Hakuin's Kensho is a valuable tool for anyone who has been practicing for a while and is seeking to understand who and what it is that knows.
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