Komuso were Zen Buddhist Priests who used to travel about playing the Shakuhachi (Japanese Flute) for meditation and alms. Komuso means "Priest of Nothingness."
I encountered this Komuso while I was in Nagoya. Komuso ceased to exist from the late 19th Century onwards.
The titles are bits of Zen sayings from samurai and Zen Masters. The subtitles tell the tale of the Komuso and their ultimate fate.
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- SamuraiDave
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- video added May 08, 2008
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The subtitled story and the quotes compliment the visuals wonderfully. Nice one SamuraiDave.
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Very exotic! Nice contrast between the zen quotes in the titles and the history of the komuso in the subtitles. The surreal contrasted with the reality! Nice! Liked how the Zen Priest seemed the only constant in a hurried world buzzing by.
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- eagar_bros
- 1 year ago
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Beautiful. It was very disapointing to see that no-one sacarficed two minutes of their time to sit, listen, and absorb what this wonderful person was trying to tell them.
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- tasty_toadstool
- 1 year ago
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Hey Tasty, You're forgetting Samurai Dave, and us ;- )
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Very nice! Nice music and information. I learn alot about Zen and history! I hope he comes to Tokyo someday!
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Good grief. Who would vote against this? It's a lovely video, teaches you something of Zen in Japan and is surprisingly unsettling and beautiful at the same time. I love how people look confused that someone would create this beautiful music--while hiding under a basket--in a modern city. But it isn't as though modern cities have made us all happy people, and that kind of begs the question as to whether or not older traditions, like Zen, have some wisdom and application for the modern mind. I think they do. Well done.
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Thanks for the vote and comment, mmockett! As for the negative vote it's difficult to ascertain why since the person didn't leave any criticism.
That's a problem some of us here have been moaning about - that people can give negative votes without any reason or explanation and thus abuse the system for their own petty childish reasons. There are really good videos here that have been hit for no good reason by uncommented negative votes.
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- SamuraiDave
- 1 year ago
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Sometimes we are blinded with what we saw nor what we heard..... but this flute playing is not just an ordinary music.....
In many things and many ways they play flute not just showing their nothingness but also to distribute the true culture that Japan have.
Japanese Nationals are strict and pursue compliance to their dignity...... my Uncle is a Japanese National... a Businessman.
He show me a sword named Katana..... he said that i must own one of it.... but i am not just an ordinary kid.... i told him to make a new sword.... that sword reflects how strong and brilliant the owner is.
Being with them is a question that many people always ask why they want me to have a Samurai....
Shakuhachi is not just a flute for emptiness but also to ease the pain that a warrior have inside their heart.
Their sword is the emblem of their being.
