Budai Opening His Sack, mid 18th century, Hakuin Ekaku, Japanese, 1685 - 1769, 21 3/4 × 50 15/16 in. ( × cm) (image)59 × 53 1/2 in. ( × cm) (without roller), Ink on paper, Japan, 18th century, Hakuin Ekaku (1685–1769), a Zen priest and prolific amateur painter, is credited with reviving the Rinzai sect of Japanese Zen Buddhism after a long period of decline. Hakuin focused on meditation and paradoxical anecdotes or dialogues called kōan, the contemplation of which may lead to spontaneous awakening. Hakuin’s bold, sometimes humorous, and altogether unprecedented

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