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10Hakuin Ekaku 白 隠 慧 鶴 (1685 –1768)The Second Patriarch Standing in the SnowEdo period (1615 –1868), circa 1725H 32 ¼" × W 11¼" (incl. mounting 65" × 15 ¾")(82 cm × 28.3 cm, 165 cm × 40 cm)Hanging scroll, ink on paperInscription:二 祖 昔 寒 夜終 夜 立 雪 庭 積雪 埋 腰 初 祖 見呵 口 諸 佛 無 上 少 道曠 却 難 行 難 忍能 忍 難 行 能 行 汝等 憍 心 慢 心 争 豈得 分 二 祖 即 断 左 臂見 今 時 認 無 事 安 閑為 向 上 禅 認 無 念 無 心為 宗 票 視 瞎 癡 漢將 喜 耶 將 悲 耶 嗟Translation:A long time ago, the Second Patriarch stood in agarden on a cold night until the snow came up tohis waist. The First Patriarch saw this and scoldedhim: »It's wasteful for you to approach the marvelousways of the Buddhas with worthless efforts.Can you endure that which cannot be endured, andpractice that which cannot be practiced? How canyou hope to know true religion with a shallow heartand an arrogant mind?«The Second Patriarch then cut off his left arm. Seeingthis, Bodhidharma immediately allowed Huikeaccess to peaceful tranquility, and let him practicean advanced level of Zen. Allowing freedom fromideas and feelings, the Second Patriarch practicedthe true nature of religion and came to understandthe blind and the stupid.On one hand, rejoice! On the other, how sad!Seals:1) Hakuin 白 隠2) Ekaku 慧 鶴3) Kokan’i 顧 鑑 意Box inscription, outer:»True (Ink) Traces of Zen Master Hakuin: TheSecond Zen Patriarch« 白 隠 禅 師 真 蹟 二 祖Box inscription, inner:»Certified by the old monk Sōkaku, presently atthe Shōin[ji] Temple, dated on an auspicious dayin the 2nd month of 1960«昭 和 三 十 五 年 如 月 吉 日 現 松 蔭 宗 鶴 翁 識Box inscriptions, end:»Hakuin: Niso inscription, apprentice monk insnow. Bokubi« 白 隠 二 祖 賛 雪 中 雲 水 墨 美»Hakuin Zen Monk: painting and inscription ofDharma Master Niso« 白 隠 禅 師 二 祖 大 師 画 賛Oval seal mark: »Shinwa’an Collection« sealPublished in:Morita, Shiryū 森 田 子 龍 , ed. Bokubi Tokushū:Hakuin bokuseki 墨 美 特 集 ― 白 隠 墨 蹟 .Kyoto:Bokubisha 墨 美 社 , 1985, plate 263.Tanaka Daisaburō 田 中 大 三 郎 , ed. Hakuin zenshibokusekishu 白 隠 禅 師 墨 蹟 集 . Tokyo: RokugeiShobō 六 芸 書 房 , 2006, plate 47Hakuin here represents the Second Patriarch of ZenBuddhism, Eka 慧 可 (Chinese: Huike; 487 – 593), ashe is standing out in the snow, patiently hoping forthe First Patriarch, the great Bodhdharma (Japanese:Daruma), to accept him as a student. We see thesnow piling up on the monk’s hat and on the pinesin the background and feel the hardship of the monkhoping for approval from the stern Indian monk,sitting in meditation in the Shaolin Temple 少 林 寺 .According to the records, Eka was born close toLuoyang 洛 陽 and practiced religions under anumber of masters before coming to the snowygarden at age forty. The famous story alluded to inHakuin’s inscription describes how the monk wasfinally able to receive Bodhidharma’s approval bycutting off his left hand and presenting this as a50