MAKOTO – SHINJITSU (With a heart of true sincerity…)
Zen Meditation Music for Solo Shakuhachi Played by Ronnie Nyogetsu Seldin on Shakuhachi
The shakuhachi is an end-blown bamboo flute with five finger-holes, originating in China, but known in Japan for over 1200 years. It is the only melodic musical instrument that is associated with Zen Buddhism. The shakuhachi was used to play ancient Zen music by priests of the Fuke sect. Playing or hearing this music can produce an effect similar to that created by sitting in Zen meditation. Sitting in meditation is known as Za-Zen, whereas playing the shakuhachi is known as Sui-Zen (“blowing meditation”).
In the long tradition of the shakuhachi, these Zen meditative pieces are considered to express the original spiritual voice of the bamboo and there are more religious than musical in nature. The music is rather abstract and a-rhythmical. The player’s primary concerns are more with breather and meditation tha...
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