禅Shinchi Kakushin

proverb

Flute and Zen

Kamakura

Traditionally attributed

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I brought the shakuhachi back from China alongside the dharma. The flute and the koan are not different practices — both ask you to stop talking long enough to hear the next note.

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Attribution

Lineage: Rinzai

By Shinchi Kakushin

Sources

  • contentZen Buddhism: A History — Volume 2: Japan

    Heinrich Dumoulin

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