In principle, I don’t buy a calender. —— May be not such a principle but I just don’t buy.
Regardless whether a calender says it or not, the days come. Next of 31st March is definitely 1st
of April. In that case, why DO I need to have a calender. It is a waste of money isn’t it. 😀 😀
In a principle to be a Buddhist, I should be a humble, poor man, hence not spend a money for non essentials.
A calender comes in this category. —– Therefore, I hardly know when is the Easter. Ha ha ha 😀
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Without having a calender, how do I know, this is the Palm Sunday = because the Radio said so.
(I don’t have TV) And I’ve been wondering, why BBC Radio 3 plays such as J S Bach Mathieu Passion. ? ? ?
Then blimey, the so-called Easter said to be coming soon.
Unlike Xmas, the exact date of Easter is always drifting = it’s a headache, especially before, suddenly, all the
shops were closed, as they say it’s Easter —– What a hell, I don’t care Easter, I need to buy a bread. 😀
—– So, for a wise precaution, I have to make sure, in my fridge, at least something to eat is there.
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Principle or just a mean man’s habit, it often cause a conflict with the reality of the world. He he he.
—– I don’t care Easter, is a principle though, in the same time I got so used to listen Baroque music,
especially J S Bach’s. In my view (or should I say, my ear ? ) Bach’s Mathieu Passion is one of the
zenith of the human musical culture = just a combination of the sounds in a sequence, how such
purely sound stimuli can make a person to tear. ? ? ?
I don’t care and not necessary believe the whole story of the Passion, and unlike Dr. Albert Schweitzer’s
view of him, Bach may not necessary wholly committed Christian ( such as a fact in reality, he composed
Mass C miner, in order to seek a position in Roman Catholic ) —– still, (regardless Protestant or Catholic )
he knew what is the Spirituality in the human mind and in the ear = Sound of the God is
beyond the argument of the Christian sects.
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From the principle, or a posture to be a Buddhist, I should find something Buddhists Music though,
there are virtually non. (the President of Mitsutoyo Co. Japan is a profound Buddhist, and organizing
International Buddhist’s Music Competition though, I haven’t heard any music from its event)
Virtually non mean, of cause there are some, such as Nen-Butsu Wasan (念仏和讃) or
Tendai Shomyo (天台声明), name but few though, sorry to say they are in musical term, not listenable.
May be only the exception is the one composed by Takemitsu (武満徹), using Tendai-Shomyo in very
powerful contemporary music style —– yet, I have heard its broadcast only twice in my life.
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Leave the Moslem, as they prohibits religious music (still, their secular, so-called Arabic music has
literally Arabesque universe of rich music culture —– their rhythm automatically drives my body).
The Hindu has such great tradition of religious music which gave an influence and flourishing in the
Indonesian Gamlan music too (incidentally some Gamlan tune were even imported to the Okinawa (沖縄)
music = some use of chromatic tune are unmistakably Gamlan !)
Whether they are religious music or not, Jewish music is one of a basis of the western music.
—– yet still, where the influence of the Buddhism, of its music tradition has gone in China
and in Japan. —– was there any prohibition, or repentance of music in the early Buddhism ?
To keep the music kind away, —– was it in the teachings and in their principle ?
Didn’t Lord Buddha sang a song with followers ?
(Imagine, Pope singing popular song. Doesn’t he? Didn’t he ever ? — I’m sure he got his real life as a human.
Enjoying a wine and singing loud 😀 )
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Historical facts showed, at least the musical instrument from India had reached to China and to Japan though,
it seemed it was only as a fancy goods = not accompanied by a musician, hence no music came together.
Such as a string instrument called Piipa (琵琶) in China, Biwa in Japan is the same Veena in India
(incidentally, it is the origin of Lute in the west)
In China and in Japanese traditional performance, a story teller use this as an accompanying instrument.
( In Japan Hei-kyoku (平曲) or Heike biwa (平家琵琶) and Chikuzen biwa (築前琵琶) is an old tradition,
but now kept by only handful players —– how sad )
How sad is my principle. Though, in reality, I play its tape only as an sample sound when I have a
conversations with friends.
And in reality = regardless whether I’m Japanese Zennist or not, I listen and deeply appreciate
J S Bach’s Mathieu Passion = in this very moment it was played by the radio. (come from Amsterdam)
( The sound of Mathiew Passion, but in Miku Hatsune version is in this post (in enbeded YouTube ) )
If it is a good music just listen it. There is no Dogma in Zen.
If anybody having fixed view, the mind has just stacked ===> free your mind.
If the song and dance is such bad, Dharma wouldn’t have created the musical tone
in the first place. Don’t you agree ? Ha ha ha 😀
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