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John,
This is a topic that comes up periodically on this list. Some of us are =
more interested than others in the instrument's connections to Buddhist =
practice. Likewise, some teachers are more interested than others in =
trying to make that connection for their students. =20
Having been a Zen practitioner for some years and having worked with the =
shakuhachi pretty seriously during much of that time, I suspect that =
shakuhachi playing, whatever its historical connection to Buddhism, has =
been lost as a true expression of Buddhist dharma (teaching or truth).
Many shakuhachi players are intrigued by the instrument's association =
with Zen, but much of this interest is secondary to the shakuhachi's =
powerful musical qualities and is philosophically speculative, mystical =
or just plain confused. Zen is not speculative or mystical or confused. =
Many of the other Zen arts (painting, calligraphy, the No drama, =
ceramics) have maintained an explicit connection to the dharma. A =
great book on the topic is "Zen and the Fine Arts" by Shin'ichi =
Hisamatsu.
Mark Miller=20
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From: shakuhachi [mailto:shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu]
Sent: Wed 5/19/2004 5:30 AM
To: shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu
Subject: shakuhachi V1 #601
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shakuhachi Wed, 19 May 2004 Volume 1 : =
Number 601
In this issue:
Re: shakuhachi V1 #600
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Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 19:02:34 +0800
From: thjwong@hkusua.hku.hk
To: shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu
Subject: Re: shakuhachi V1 #600
Message-ID: <1084964554.40ab3ecac35c0@imp.webmail.hku.hk>
hi all,
so our conclusion is that, shakuhachi practice is not necessarily =
connected to
buddhism, even playing on the ancient honkyuko (if play it merely as a =
piece of
music), have i misinterpreted it?
- john
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