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two pieces by Hakuin: virtue and Namu Amida Butsu | |
Hakuin Ekaku
Hakuin the Painter (top page)
The two pieces by this famous monk and painter show a forceful, weighty blockiness, a monumentality, even. The left piece means 'I am entering the Buddha's paradise', and was repeated as a prayer. The letters are run together as if making one large structure - almost like an Amerindian totem pole.