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Virtual ExhibitionOften playful, sometimes comical, and always profound, Zen paintings represent one of the world’s most...
29/06/2024

Virtual Exhibition
Often playful, sometimes comical, and always profound, Zen paintings represent one of the world’s most fascinating religious and artistic traditions. None Whatsoever: Zen Paintings from the Gitter-Yelen Collection explores the origins of Zen Buddhism through over four centuries of ink paintings and calligraphies by painter-monks, who expressed Zen Buddhist teachings through their art, including the celebrated Buddhist master Hakuin Ekaku (1685–1768). The exhibition advances Japan Society Gallery’s history of presenting important Buddhist artworks and concepts, including from the 2007 exhibition, Awakenings: Zen Figure Painting in Medieval Japan, and the 2010 exhibition, The Sound of One Hand: Paintings and Calligraphy by Zen Master Hakuin. Visitors will also be invited to engage with Zen Buddhist practices through wide-ranging public programming, from in-gallery meditation sessions to calligraphy workshops and tea ceremony demonstrations.

The exhibition takes its title from a legendary encounter between a Buddhist monk and a Chinese emperor. According to 8th-century Chinese sources, itinerant monk Bodhidharma, patriarch of Zen Buddhism, visited the court of Emperor Wu Liang. When the emperor asked how much goodwill his generous deeds had earned in the eyes of the Buddha, the monk’s curt reply, “None Whatsoever,” shocked the ruler. This exchange—seemingly casual and dismissive, yet also uncompromising, profound, and revolutionary—has come to embody the relationship in Zen Buddhism between student and teacher.

None Whatsoever: Zen Paintings from the Gitter-Yelen Collection explores the origins of Zen Buddhism through over four centuries of ink paintings and calligraphies by painter-monks, including the celebrated Buddhist master Hakuin Ekaku.

民句 folk ku Issue 3: a journal in honour of Masaoka Shiki is now live. Thank you so much to all contributors for your swe...
09/06/2024

民句 folk ku Issue 3: a journal in honour of Masaoka Shiki is now live. Thank you so much to all contributors for your sweet folk ku, patience and ongoing support 🙏🫂🥰 Thank you to our readers as well. The journal wouldn't be here without y'all.
https://kingriverpress.com/folk-ku-journal-free-pdf/

FREE download of coast to hinterland - eurobodalla. A collection of haiku from Australia's NSW south coast shire of Euro...
03/01/2024

FREE download of coast to hinterland - eurobodalla. A collection of haiku from Australia's NSW south coast shire of Eurobodalla. This collection follows a similar format to timeless shoreline - a haiku journey through Bali. It fits into the genres of poetry and travel and has a map at the end.

If anybody else has a collection of haiku that they have written about one place or are planning to write one, then we'd be happy to help you self publish them in this PDF format. They are a lovely introduction to a place that somebody is already familiar with or hasn't visited before but would like to.
https://kingriverpress.com/coast-to-hinterland-eurobodalla/

This lovely little collection of poems were captured on the New South Wales South Coast shire of Eurobodalla. You can download a free copy HERE. Enjoy! Cover – Eucalyptus stenostoma aka Jilla…

I wrote this piece last year. I suppose because it was leading into a new year and it's that time of year we start refle...
21/12/2023

I wrote this piece last year. I suppose because it was leading into a new year and it's that time of year we start reflecting on the year gone and the upcoming one. Anyway, hope it resonates with some. Every positive move or vibe counts, no matter the size; all ripples ripple. 😊

So many books have been written on the idea of 生き甲斐 or ikigai, which in Japanese roughly translates as reason for being or purpose of your…

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