Hell Is Made of Self

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Whoever has not seen self-nature has not yet escaped hell. Hell is not a place beneath the world; it is the room of self, and the door opens inward.

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Attribution

• Attributed To
  Hakuin Ekaku

Lineage: Rinzai

By Hakuin Ekaku

• Not Knowing How Near the Truth Isproverb
• Meditation in Activityproverb
• Song of Zazen (Zazen Wasan)verse
• The Soft Butter Meditation (Orategama)sermon
• Letter to a Sick Monk on Introspective Practicesermon

Sources

• contentThe Essential Teachings of Zen Master Hakuin

  Norman Waddell (trans.)