Hakuin’s Song of Meditation contains his profoundest and most mystical doctrine
CHAPTER ONE All beings are from the very beginning Buddhas. It is like water and ice: Apart from water, no ice, Outside living beings, no Buddhas. THE SONG OF MEDITATION IN THE original the Song of Meditation is in very easy language. Before Hakuin (1685-1768), Zen in Japan had not quite given up its Chinese…