Re: [Shaku] Suisen and Shakuhachi

From: Karl Young (kyoung@itsa.ucsf.edu)
Date: Mon Mar 22 2004 - 11:31:03 PST

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hmmm...., maybe tangential but does anyone know what kind of flower it
was that the Buddha held up re. Mahakashyappa's enlightenment (and the
purported birth of Zen); probably no connection, but...

> I have a rather strange question - I know - but it relates to
> something that I experienced during zazen over the weekend. Can anyone
> share any knowledge, history, or lore regarding Shakuhachi and
> Daffodils? I couldn't shake the experience (and didn't want to) but I
> was stunned when I looked up the Japanese word for daffodil. Is there
> a Suisen/Sui Zen correlation?
>
> Thank you,
> Deana Dearry

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