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Jan 28 2011 6 Comments

Zen and the art of emotion maintenance?

His work clothing may be rather cumbersome, and the required haircut could well be seen as a bit extreme by some, but it still seems fairly clear that this fella is utterly content with his calling.

Japanese buddhist monk

Categorized: Photography, Religion

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  1. El-Branden Brazil says

    1/28/2011 at 5:44 pm

    He’s actually a Shingon monk, not a Zen monk… But, I’ll let you off. 😉

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    • Lee says

      1/28/2011 at 5:50 pm

      Thanks, that’s suitably forgiving of you!

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      • El-Branden Brazil says

        1/30/2011 at 10:28 am

        You’re welcome!

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  2. Joel says

    1/28/2011 at 11:42 pm

    You’ve captured the scence of the monks in an extraordinary way. It looks like his preys were for something good. And is it me or is he trying to skip one step of the stairs? hahaha.

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    • Lee says

      1/29/2011 at 12:03 pm

      Cheers Joel. And yes, he feels suitably content to miss a step!

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  3. Jeffrey says

    2/1/2011 at 4:27 am

    Not dissimilar to what you see in the Catholic priesthood, there is a huge spectrum of piousness, shall we say, in Japanese Buddhism. Some lead lives of ascetic purity. Others marry, become quite wealthy and, except for the duds and haircut, live fairly secular lives.

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