白隠慧鶴と禅病

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This study reexamines the meaning of the “Zen sickness” 禅病 dis­ cussed by Hakuin Ekaku (白隠慧鶴, 1686-1769)and highlights its impor­ tance in understanding Hakuin’s views on practice and enlightenment. While previous research has primarily focused on Zen sickness as a physi­ cal and mental illness for which Hakuin offered remedies, this study reveals that he used the term in both a narrow and a broad sense. Hakuin taught that the cause of Zen sickness in its narrow sense ─ an illness of the mind and body ─ stemmed from Zen sickness in its broad sense, which arises from attachment to erroneous teachings such as buji 無事 (nothing to do) and mokushō 黙照 (silent illumination). Hakuin also criticized stagnation on the Way as a form of Zen sickness in the broad sense, based on his teach­ ing that practice and realization are never­ending, where even after awak­ ening one continues to seek enlightenment above (上求菩提)and liberate all sentient beings below (下化衆生).