Teisho on Hakuin's Zazen Wasan

This work is an edited transcript of a teisho presented by Tanouye Roshi many decades ago. It centers on the poem “Zazen Wasan” by the great 18th century Japanese Zen master Hakuin, known as the man who rescued the essence of Rinzai Zen Buddhism from its formulaic entrapment. Tanouye Roshi often taught from this poem, the source of two of his favorite stories: "Enyadatta, the woman who lost her head” and “the rich manʻs son.” But, as always, Tanouye Roshi isnʻt really talking about the poem. He is talking about you.