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1974: The Year of the End of 'Shakuhachi Suizen'
- When the Term 'Suizen' was Kidnapped, Hi-jacked,
and Degraded into Mere "New Age", "Healing",
"Holism", and "Mindfulness" Meaninglessness
The Pathetic 'Shakuhachi Suizen' Hoax Originating in 1974
Alleged Edo Period "Komusō Shakuhachi Meditation" and 'Komusō Suizen' is nothing but a hoax, a plain conspiracy developed and "rolled out"
only well after the Second World War.
The true, orthodox, authentic and genuine meaning of the 'Shakuhachi Suizen' term and concept – established, defined and instituted in 1950 at,
and by, the then re-established Kyōto Myōan Temple, only existed for less than a quarter of a century:
Namely, until 1974, when the term was "kidnapped" by the Japanese record company Nippon Columbia for a 'Chikuhō',
竹保,
School of solo shakuhachi triple vinyl LP record set, and the term describing true and authentic non-dualistic 'Taizan-ha Suizen'
'Shakuhachi Shūyō',
尺八修養,
asceticism was soon thereafter flattened and degraded into mere "new age" whistle blowing, "mindfulness", or "healing"
... and left literally utterly meaningless for ever since then.
So much more: This is the plain fact:
The Edo Period 'Komusō' never ever practiced 'Suizen', be that any kind of "shakuhachi meditation",
for that matter:
The 'kanji' and the term 'Suizen',
吹禅,
verifiably does not appear anywhere at all in any of the known historical 'Shakuhachi', 'Komusō', or other related sources and records!
By the way, the utter "confusion" and misinformation in the West regarding any claimed relation between 'Zen', 'Shakuhachi', 'Komusō', 'Fuke-shū', and 'Rinzai',
may very well have not only started with but widely boosted by James H. Sanford's 1977 article in Monumenta Nipponica titled
"Shakuhachi Zen - The Fukeshū and Komusō".
It is a simple fact, that before the year 1977, the term "Shakuhachi Zen" was never ever before appearing in any known Japanese,
nor Western, historical text. Period!
So, forget about 'Suizen' in any mention and form appearing and happening before the year 1950!
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