#Myoanji

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ZenCafe May 24’

The monthly ZenCafe rolled around again. I missed last month. I stayed home to deal with an on coming cold. I figured it was best for myself and others. Now it was time again. I planned on just going in and doing my normal Takuhatsu. However I found out just the day before there was going to be a ceremony that day. I was asked by Osho-san would I attend, I said yes of course. So I brought my…

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Komyoji international Shakuhachi concert

Something differently A fellow Komuso and shakuhachi club member asked me if a concert/show could be arranged at the Komyoji Temple. He has a couple of students that would visit Japan from Europe. He felt it would be good for them to play in front of people they did not know. Training as it were. I spoke with Osho-san of the temple and got the wheels on motion. it took some effort but things…

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Three monk Chat

A while back at a visit to my temple in Amagasaki, Komyo-ji. After a ceremony the head monk, his disciple and I had our usual social gathering. Food, drinks, chatting about life, Buddhism, Zen, Shakuhachi. Komyo-ji is an official Myoanji Shakuhachi Dojo, besides being a Jodo-shu temple. It is also where I hold Zen sessions, which is unusual for. Jodo-shu temple. On this day I decided I would do…

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Fukuoka pilgrimage: Komuso Encounter

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Nagoya Pilgrimage: prt 3 - Komuso master

The second main part of my pilgrimage to Nagoya was upon me. I was to meet a Shakuhachi Master today the last day of my time in Nagoya. We had it arrange for 1:00, my train would leave at 4 something but I wanted to be back by 3:30. I hate feeling rushed. I was somewhat nervous as the master Shin-Ichiro Makihara spoke no English that I knew of. So I was dependent on my poor Japanese and a…

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A day @Myoanji Temple.

I had had a long day at Daianji Temple in Nara just on Friday it was now Sunday. I took a day of rest Saturday, and now I am back at it again going to Myoanji. This is to be my first time playing at The Head Temple. I had played at a couple of other temples, including the main Zen temple of Tofukuji, but never at Myoanji. I had listened to a couple of performances there but never played. The…

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Not quite Komuso stuff…

Today is the 1 month anniversary of the accident. I am told I can walk with 100% weight on my injured legs. I have not fully tried it, but I think it will be no problem. I am going little by little . Recently there was an On-line shakuhachi event. It was a world wide event. Classes and players from all over to place. The first day of the event there were several classes as training for new to be…

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The Reset

Other than doing some help at Komyoji Temple with ceremonies every few months, doing Komuso is the mainstay of my Buddhist Practice. Getting out and sharing Musical dharma breath is my ministry. There was once a famous Japanese monk who was called the leaf Whistling Monk . He would sit in the park and play tunes for people on a tree leaf, then sometimes engage with them in a talk with whoever…

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Embracing Silence: A Komuso Monk's Quest for Anjikan Meditation. Part 2 - reality

As I said in the previous post I took a trip to the famous Mt Koyasan, to experience Anjikan Shingon meditation. This part is the real story, how ever just a part of the story which will be on the other blog, This part is more of what I was experiencing as a Komuso. Besides liking the vibe of Koyasan, I wanted to experience Anjikan Meditation and stay at a Temple nearby to Kongobuji temple where…

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Komuso @play.

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Music of the Komuso

More on my experiments into on-Line AI. Explain what is Honkyoku Honkyoku is a type of traditional Japanese music that originated in the Zen Buddhist temples of Japan during the medieval period. It is characterized by its meditative and spiritual nature and is often performed on the shakuhachi, a traditional bamboo flute. The term “honkyoku” literally translates to “original pieces” or…

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Sakura Komuso…23’

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SuiZen the art of Komuso

So before I start with my analysis, some of my background meditation history is appropriate. I am fairly old, I started doing meditation back in the 70s when Transcendental Meditation was the thing. It was just starting in America. I have also done basic meditation via Karate, Japanese Soto meditation, Shaolin Kung Fu meditation, Zhan Zhuang a Chinese standing meditation, Taoist meditation,…

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Komuso…exposed

For the most part, my Komuso-monkness has been pretty quiet. Few see me, few read my blog, and mostly those at the Temple know, see, and hear. Of course those I encounter when out doing Takuhatsu. Hmmm, well there are a few thousand come to think of it, that have seen my story on The Black Experience YouTube channel. Still on the big scale of things, a small amount. That has not changed, but…

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Shakuhachi Zen (SuiZen) a religious practice…

Or a Philosophical practice? Seian Genshin is the 42nd kansu (shakuhachi leader) of the Myōanji Temple and thereby the Fuke Myōan Shakuhachi (also called Myōan Taizan-ha). He believes Myōan shakuhachi has been transmitted as the shakuhachi of Zen Buddhism – as a kind of dharma. He has since he became kansu and worked hard to inspire Myōan shakuhachi players to have daily practice. He calls this…

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The Last Komuso…

After a somewhat extended hiatus, I am returning to posting here. Also with the plague somewhat ending I plan to get out in a larger public sight. We’ll see, how it goes. Being a Komuso and playing is supposed to be about playing for people, sharing the music, the healing with them. I have still been doing it playing for the most part mainly at Komyoji. I do reach a fair amount of people standing…