The capacity for sound to be powerfully evocative is unquestionable. An old photograph, or even a silent cine film from one’s childhood, brings back memories and can have strong emotional resonances. Listening to the ‘unseen sound’ of an old audio recording however, can almost without warning, engulf us in the feelings it triggers. The sound of a distant night-time …
Zen kurang mendapatkan sambutan ketika diturunkan di Cina. Sesepuh Zen India keduapuluh delapan, Bodhidharma, tiba di Cina tahu 527 dan diundang ke istana Dinasti Liang di Nanjing. Di balairung kerajaan, ia diterima Kaisar Wu yang -- meskipun seorang umat Buddha yang alim -- gagal memahami ujaran-ujaran Bodhidharma yang dalam. Bodhidharma meninggalkan istana dan mengasingkan diri bermeditasi d…