Spiritual Exercises in the Rinzai Zen Tradition: Imminence and Disruption in Ikkyū Sōjun and Hakuin Ekaku

In this paper, we will present Rinzai practices from Zen Masters Ikkyū Sōjun (一休宗純, 1394–1481) and Hakuin Ekaku (白隠 慧鶴, 1686–1769) as offering a distinctive kind of spiritual exercise: disruptive reorientation to transcendence (enlightenment) through immanence (a return to the world in all its ugly...

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Main Authors: Kevin Taylor, Eli Kramer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-02-01
Series:Religions
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/15/2/226