tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post1947420774393619768..comments2023-12-05T03:34:14.680-05:00Comments on <b>Issa's Untidy Hut</b>: Don't Stand So Close to Me: Issa's Sunday Service, #74Issa's Untidy Huthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-50510980538541305132010-10-17T13:48:54.070-04:002010-10-17T13:48:54.070-04:00Ed,
Looks like I'll have to interloan most o...Ed, <br /><br />Looks like I'll have to interloan most of these - only Essence of Shinto was in our 70 library system. There was a title on Shin Buddhism by D.T. Suzuki but not the one you recommended.<br /><br />Thanks.Issa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-58635962619129175092010-10-17T13:41:55.495-04:002010-10-17T13:41:55.495-04:00Conrad,
Many thanks for reading and teaching ......Conrad, <br /><br />Many thanks for reading and teaching ... I think it is the smugness that is so off-putting in general when it comes to Sting's overall approach. The specifics in this song you have nailed.<br /><br />I don't often stand in front of a room and speak myself but it is exhilarating and humbling and wonderful. I've been practicing this one for a couple of weeks. It should be fun. I bring the framework. The participants bring the substance.<br /><br />Hopefully, next week's selection will be a little more uplifting, music-wise.<br /><br />DonIssa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-29684153484231116802010-10-17T12:11:08.536-04:002010-10-17T12:11:08.536-04:00when at the library check-out three other books th...when at the library check-out three other books that I from time-to-tme<br /> g r a z e<br /><br />SHINGON Japanese Esoteric Buddism by Taiko Yamasaki<br /><br />lots of 'food-for-sustenance<br />there-in<br /><br />like as a random/chance selectrion top pf page 198:<br /><br /> " The moon with its cool white light occupies a special place in esoteric doctrine and practice. "The Treatise on Enlightened Mind" says, "When I look at my mind, its form is like a moon disk," indicating that every individual is endowed with Buddha-nature<br />which is pure and perfect, cool and radiant like the full moon."<br /><br />and, on same page:<br /><br /> "The sun, the moon and the heavenly bodies have always been there in space, though they may be obscured by clouds and mists."<br /><br />and, still on same page:<br /><br /> "The A-syllable is the seed syllable of the moon disk, and the moon disk is the radiance of the A-syllable. Moon disk and A-syllable are entirely one."<br /><br />NEAT 'stuff" might now leap into CO.'s Projective Verse and Causal Mythology through<br />THIS gate rateher that through our Western Religions/Politics?<br /><br />NEXT BOOK to 'check out':<br /><br />Motohisha Yamakage's:<br /><br />"The Essence of Shinto Japan's Spiritual Heart"<br /><br /><br />AND while I am "in my stacks" get, aussi<br /><br />Taitetsu Unno's:<br /><br />"Shin Buddhism<br />Bits of Rubble Turn into Gold"<br /><br />et ceteras all-so<br /><br />-KokkieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-65543261285720499112010-10-17T11:32:33.110-04:002010-10-17T11:32:33.110-04:00I agree with Charles.
And I'll say as a high ...I agree with Charles.<br /><br />And I'll say as a high school teacher (in my 27th year) Sumner's song is an offense to teachers and the integrity of young people.<br /><br />Good luck on your haiku seminars, Don: man, wish I could be there!Conrad DiDiodatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18312831623791642286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-37384032008576638472010-10-17T11:28:19.048-04:002010-10-17T11:28:19.048-04:00Charles, yeah, a lot of subtext there and not nece...Charles, yeah, a lot of subtext there and not necessarily anything to do with the songs ...Issa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-63623807912977146162010-10-17T11:18:33.461-04:002010-10-17T11:18:33.461-04:00I really like "Creep," but I can't l...I really like "Creep," but I can't listen to The police. Just can't make myself do it. :)Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-45017143487385875862010-10-17T09:57:29.454-04:002010-10-17T09:57:29.454-04:00The Knox book with the woodcuts looks fantastic .....The Knox book with the woodcuts looks fantastic ...Issa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-78163385573425946052010-10-17T09:56:43.319-04:002010-10-17T09:56:43.319-04:00Thanks Ed for the recommendation. Will see if I c...Thanks Ed for the recommendation. Will see if I can get hold of it at the library.<br /><br />Wanted to fill in the background on Shinto and folk religion in Japan that I am unfamiliar with. Probably a little too in-depth for the haiku session for "life long learners" on Tuesday, but I do give at least a nod that way.Issa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-73215445733262778612010-10-17T09:21:16.369-04:002010-10-17T09:21:16.369-04:00WOW!
here is Knox's book! check out the bloc...WOW!<br /><br />here is Knox's book! check out the block prints!!!<br /><br />http://books.google.com/books?id=lH2BAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Adventures+of+Two+Youths+in+a+Journey+to+Japan+and+China&source=bl&ots=MmXXKx7v9J&sig=Y9Pegjk8Jay21YmXB87TmcGyq6o&hl=en&ei=RPa6TKvEFYP7lwetn9CNDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CCUQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q&f=false<br /><br /><br />now to look around for an<br /><br />"I-can-hold-it-in-my-hands" version...<br /><br />-K.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-80195236931959314952010-10-17T09:08:26.790-04:002010-10-17T09:08:26.790-04:00to go a bit beyond 'wabi sabi' and to add...to go a bit beyond 'wabi sabi' and to add an additional depth-of-understanding to .... <br /><br />(I am frequenting an essential book:<br /><br />Ichiro Hori's lectures as done in 1968 edition of<br /> FOLK RELIGION IN JAPAN<br /><br />the wood-block prints are of/by Ths Knox out of his<br />1880 book (which I can't find): "Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to Japan and China"<br /><br />the chapters/lectures in Hori's book:<br /><br />1. Main Features of Folk Religion in Japan<br />2. Japanese Social Structure and Folk Religion<br />3. Nembutsu as Folk Religion<br />4. Mountains and Their Importance for the Idea of The Other World<br />5. Japanese Shamanism<br />6. The New Religions and the Survival of Shamanic TendenciesEd Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775noreply@blogger.com