Dear Windsor,
Sui-Zen (Blowing Meditation), was the top priority of my teacher's teacher
(JIN NYODO), my teacher (KURAHASHI YODO),and myself..
I began a book entitled Sui-Zen, 8 years ago..It will have all of the
Sui-Zen pieces on CD, as an accompaniment to the book..
You can find out more about me on my website at:
http://www.sparklingbeatnik.com/seldin
I teach in New York City, but also have branches in Philadelphia,
Syracuse, and Upstate New York (In addition to having students who study
via "cassette", in 24 states, and 5 foreign countries..
I have done 11 recordings , in the past 26 years, and they are almost all
entirely of the "Sui-Zen" (MEIAN or MYOAN), repertoire..
I would be happy to answer all inqueries about Sui-Zen, or any other
aspect of Shakuhachi practice..
Take Care,
Ronnie Nyogetsu Seldin
phon/fax: (212) 818-0897
email: Nyogetsu@panix.com
On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Windsor Viney wrote:
> Has anyone any information specifically about
> shakuhachi-playing-as-meditation, sometimes called *suizen*, "blowing zen"?
> I got a helpful response by e-mail from Ms. Yael Greenberg-Sharoni
> elaborating a bit upon the abstract of her Master's thesis which appears on
> her Web page
>
> http://public.most.co.il/~ssharoni/thesis.htm
>
> -- unfortunately for me, the thesis itself is in Hebrew, a language I do
> not read. I've also studied the very informative account (about this and
> many other aspects of the instrument) adapted from Yuko Kamisango's work in
> Christopher Yohmei Blasdel's *The Shakuhachi: A Manual for Learning*.
>
> Does anyone know if there are exponents of the shakuhachi in Japan (willing
> to teach *gaijin*, that is) or in North America who emphasize the *suizen*
> aspect of the instrument? I'm not sure if it's meaningful or not to say
> "who continue the ancient tradition," since schools seem to have multiplied
> of late, with history and lineages not entirely agreed upon; what *is*
> clear is that the Fuke school was abolished by government decree (for what
> might have been pretty good reasons...). Has anyone tried to revive, or
> even succeeded in reviving, the Fuke-shu?
>
> Windsor Viney
>
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