Blowing Zen by Ray Brooks
While living in London, Ray Brooks became troubled by feelings of emptiness and despair. Faced with a growing sense of the shallowness of his life, he left the city, met his second wife, and embarked on a path of self-discovery that led to Tokyo and the study the ancient art of shakuhachi Zen flute. With intuition leading the way, Brooks goes straight to the heart of Zen through imitation and incredibly focused practice. The path he follows leads to a wondrous spontaneity that fuses art and self, mind, body, and spirit. Blowing Zen is at once an insightful odyssey through Japan, India, and the Britain, a memoir, and a journey of transformation.
Ray Brooks, a British musician, composer, writer and teacher, is internationally known in the world of shakuhachi music. He has studied with Japanese shakuhachi masters, learned to play a variety of wind instruments (such as the Balinese Suling flute), mastered circular breathing under the tutelage of Tibetan monks, and studied tabla with an Indian master. He has held small solo shakuhachi concerts in Zen temples throughout Japan and has performed with Akikazu Nakamura, Japan's premier flute player. Ray has been interviewed by NHK television in Japan and various radio stations in Canada and Europe. He gives workshops in breath work, speaks about the effect of Zen on his life, and performs concerts at Zen centers, Buddhist gatherings, universities, music academies, and spiritual centers throughout the United States, Europe, Japan, and Canada. His most recent CD, entitled Hollow Bell, on the New Albion label, includes all the pieces of music mentioned in Blowing Zen. An avid traveler, Ray has journeyed throughout the Far East, walked the world's highest valley in the Himalayas, and trekked through the mountains of Northern India and Nepal. He now lives in Victoria, B.C. with his wife, Dianne.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780915811854 |
| ISBN 10 | 0915811855 |
| Title | Blowing Zen |
| Author | Ray Brooks |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | H J Kramer |
| Year published | 2000-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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