Hakuin Ekaku
Poison Blossoms from a Thicket of Thorn (Keisō dokuzui)
Later compilation
Poison Blossoms from a Thicket of Thorn (Keisō dokuzui)
荊叢毒蘂 (Keisō dokuzui)
The Japanese equivalent of the Chinese masters' “records” (goroku): sermons in the Dharma hall, commentaries, poems, inscriptions for paintings and occasional texts. It shows the learned Hakuin, master of classical Chinese, as against the popular preacher of the Japanese works.
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Authorship note
A nine-fascicle record of his sermons, verses and writings in Chinese, gathered by his disciples. Written in classical Chinese (kanbun) for monks.
Editions and translations
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English
Hakuin Ekaku
Poison Blossoms from a Thicket of Thorn
The Conscious LibraryPoison Blossoms from a Thicket of Thorn
Counterpoint, 2014
Translation: Norman Waddell
ISBN 1619023121
日本語
Hakuin Ekaku
Hakuin Oshō Keisō dokuzui 白隠和尚荊叢毒蘂
The Conscious LibraryHakuin Oshō Keisō dokuzui 白隠和尚荊叢毒蘂
Zen Bunka Kenkyūsho, 2015
ISBN 4881822810
Other works by Hakuin Ekaku
- The Embossed Tea Kettle (Orategama) · 1749
- Idle Talk on a Night Boat (Yasenkanna) · 1757
- Wild Ivy (Itsumadegusa) · 1766
- Song in Praise of Zazen (Zazen wasan)
- The Sound of One Hand (Sekishu onjō) · 1753
- Introductory Talks on the Record of Sokkō (Sokkōroku kaien-fusetsu) · 1743
- Words from the Land of Kaian (Kaiankokugo) · 1750
- Poison Words on the Heart Sūtra (Dokugo shingyō)
- An Icchantika's Notes on the Poems of Hanshan · 1746
- Treasure Left to the Cold Forest (Kanrin ihō)
- Reflections Left by the Precious Mirror (Hōkan ishō)
- Spear Flower (Yabukōji) · 1753
- Snake Strawberries (Hebiichigo) · 1754
- Thistle (Oniazami) · 1751
- Goosegrass (Yaemugura) · 1759
- Sashimogusa
- Miraculous Tales of the Ten-Phrase Kannon Sūtra
- Kana Sermons on Causes and Conditions
- Kana Goosegrass (Kanamugura)
- Tales of Spurring On for Beginners
- Record of the Filial Piety of Takatsuka's Fourth Daughter
- The Tale of Heishirō of Ihara and Other Tales
- Record of the Precious Mirror Cave
- Grinding songs, lullabies, weeding songs and riddles
- Letters
- Rōhatsu Exhortations
- Secret Notes on the Blue Cliff Record · 1916
- Painting and calligraphy · 1719
- Collected works · 1934
- Hakuin on Kensho (Albert Low) · 2006
Sources
- Hakuin Ekaku. Poison Blossoms from a Thicket of Thorn (Keisō dokuzui). Trad. Norman Waddell. Berkeley: Counterpoint, 2014. ISBN 1619023121.
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