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SENGAI
- Master Zen Painter_
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This
month MI Magazine looks
at the magnificent book
Sengai - Master Zen Painter.
This is a real prized
collection for anyone
interested in art and
zen and is certainly at
the top end of quality
publications on this topic.
The
book is about Gibbon Sengai
(1750 - 1837) a Zen master
of the Rinzai School,
who
after many years of monastery
training and self-exploring
was elected abbot of Shofukuji,
which is Japan's oldest
Zen temple. Sengai was
known for his unorthodox
teaching
style and humor
and
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is one of the most outstanding artists
Japan has produced. In this book we
see some of his famous pieces such as:
famous works like Self Portrait, The
Meditating Frog and Tea-Bowl Box. All
beautifully presented and clearly displayed
they are a joy to see and my personal
favorite was Two Cranes (page 127) which
is quite outstanding. I don't think
this book will give you any secrets
into understanding Zen or Zen painting
but it is extremely interesting to read
and visually the art is beautiful. There
is a great chapter on Zen Humor and
the detailed explanation make for very
interesting reading.
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Whether
great or small,
Appearances are all illusory
forms.
Worldly fame and saintly titles,
Every one of them is a vain
voice.
This year my age is fifty plus
two.
The ear and eye have lost their
former sharpness.
Sengai
1801
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As
for the tea ceremony, it exists
in mind, not in technique: in
technique, not in mind.
When both mind and technique
are forgotten, then its single
flavor will always appear.
Sengai
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"Every
stoke of my brush is the overflow
of my inmost heart."
Sengai
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Interview
with Student Scott Clark
by Paul Swainson |
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Spotlight
on Your Dojo
by Paul Swainson |
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Taukauns
Letter to Yagyu
by Paul Swainson |
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Reiki
- Healing with Love
by Annie
Livings, MICHT |
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Last
Months Martial Arts Quiz
Results
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you to all those who participated
in last months quiz. Click
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Download
ZEN Garden
Desktop Wallpaper
This wallpaper features a"poem",
plus a view of a Zen Garden
in the Kodai Temple in Kyoto,
Japan. Click
here |
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