Lee Love on mon 16 sep 02
I found this quote doing a Google search on my late teacher's name, Dainin
Katagiri Roshi. During the panel at the Mingeikan, MacKenzie asked Shimaoka
how he kept his production full of life. Shimaoka said that Hamada said that
the way to do it is "By having joy in your heart every time you sit down to make
a pot."
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Dainin Katagiri Roshi
"If you want to be a pianist, devote yourself to studying and practicing
the piano. This is the mind that seeks Truth. But though you may
eventually reach a lofty stage as a musician, it is not good enough. You
have to descend into the human world as well. Your life, your presence,
your personality must touch people's hearts directly. This means you have
to go beyond being a pianist.
"It is relatively easy to teach people to be musicians, but it is not so
easy to teach them how to go beyond being a musician. If you would teach
this to others, your mind must be based on compassion. When you teach, you
have to pierce the human heart and take away the flag of ego. So your
compassion must extend beyond the words you use. Then your penetrating
words will teach and not injure."
--Dainin Katagiri Roshi
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Lee Love in Mashiko, Japan
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