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jhalifax
dear friends, i am just settling down after nearly thirty hours of flying....... and trying to comprehend what i have been through this past month. vietnam was powerful enough...... with the people rising from the... More »
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this is a beautiful film done by well known photographer lisl dennis on upaya zen center's pilgrimage to tibet's mount kailash in 1999 led by roshi joan halifax Kora please watch and rate
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The Heart’s Counting Knows Only One In Sung China, two monk friends for sixty years watched the geese pass. Where are they going?, one tested the other, who couldn’t say. That moment’s silence... More »
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photo by Ottmar Liebert at extraordinary workshop on calligraphy in color by Kaz Tanahashi
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brush gathers ink/paint kaz will return here in midaugust for an amazing large brush calligraphy retreat. for informatoin: www.upaya.org
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more from the book by kazuaki tanahashi and roshi joan halifax: SUBLIME DEFEAT Don’t Know Legend has it that Bodhidharma, a monk from India, arrived in the southern part of China in the sixth century... More »
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kaz today, walking up from the zendo, dark glasses reflecting the clear winter day lips pursed in an enigmatic smile oh well........... see him here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/upaya/sets/72157594261439082/
jhalifax
this must be bodhidharma kaz is playing again with color and minimum stroke like the old redbeard at shaolin
jhalifax
calligraphy in color, rare. we gather at upaya feb. 2-4, to explore hues and stroke, brush tip and white surface. wild kazuaki tanahashi santa fe snow crystal blue skies stillness and sun soaked ochre adobe... More »
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calligraphy in the post post modern world by kaz.......
