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Harada Sekkei Roshi

Tradition: Zen Buddhism | Era: 20th century | Lineage: Zen Buddhism
Episodes analyzed: 1 | Average depth: 0.8/10

Compiled Truth

Zazen is not a step-by-step learning meditation, but a culmination of totally realized enlightenment.

Key Teachings

1. Zazen is not a step-by-step learning meditation, but a culmination of totally realized enlightenment.

Key Concepts

  • Original Condition -- The state of being free from ego and delusions, where things have no substance.

  • Casting off body and mind -- To assimilate all things by being one with a certain condition or circumstance, resulting in the disappearance of the ego self.

    • Paradoxes

  • The result of Zen practice is not to have become selfless or that delusion has disappeared, but rather to realize that these things do not exist.

    • Cross-References

  • Tradition: Zen Buddhism

  • Related masters in same tradition: Bankei Yōtaku, Bassui Tokushō Zenji, Dogen, Fr. Ama Samy, Hakuin Ekaku, Hanshan, Hanshan (Cold Mountain), Hotei (Budai), Huang Po, Kodo Sawaki

    • Timeline

  • [2026-04-11] 1 episodes imported from Wisdom of Masters analysis