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Wild Ivy (Itsumadegusa)
壁生草 (Itsumadegusa)
A first-person account of his childhood fear of hell, the Zensō-ji crisis, the awakening of 1708, the months with Shōju, the Zen sickness and the definitive awakening. It is the main source for his biography and at the same time a teaching piece: every episode is chosen to exhort the reader.
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Authorship note
Written in Japanese (kana mixed with characters) for lay readers. Spiritual autobiography written at eighty.
Editions and translations
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English
Wild Ivy
Shambhala, 2001
Translation: Norman Waddell
ISBN 9781570627705
Wild Ivy: The Spiritual Autobiography of Zen Master Hakuin
Shambhala, 1999
Translation: Norman Waddell
ISBN 1570624356
Reed. 2001: 9781570627705.
日本語
Hakuin Ekaku
Itsumadegusa; Osana monogatari
The Conscious LibraryItsumadegusa; Osana monogatari
Zen Bunka Kenkyūsho (Hakuin Zenji hōgo zenshū), 1999
ISBN 4881821334
Ed. anotada de Yoshizawa Katsuhiro.
Other works by Hakuin Ekaku
- The Embossed Tea Kettle (Orategama) · 1749
- Idle Talk on a Night Boat (Yasenkanna) · 1757
- 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
- Poison Blossoms from a Thicket of Thorn (Keisō dokuzui) · 1758
- 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. Wild Ivy: The Spiritual Autobiography of Zen Master Hakuin (Itsumadegusa). Trad. Norman Waddell. Boston: Shambhala, 1999. ISBN 1570624356.
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