Zen & Senryu
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- 41m
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The transcript explores Zen philosophy through poetic reflections on nature, seasons, and human experience, emphasizing mindfulness, impermanence, and the paradoxical understanding of reality. It blends vivid natural imagery with contemplations on life, death, and daily life scenes, inviting a serene and profound appreciation of existence.
Companion record to "Haiku" on the MEA Records label. Watts narrates Zen and Senryu (a satirical Japanese poetic form) with instantaneous Japanese-to-English translation by Sumire Hasegawa Jacobs and musical accompaniment by Vince Delgado, Robert Garfias, and Henry Jacobs.
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