Zen monochrome painting

  • Published on : 09/04/2015
  • by : G.L.M.
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From ink and water are born gesture and shade

A monk sits, meditating in front of a painting. One of his fellow monks wrote the calligraphy, and another painted the image. He meditates using the image and text as support, as do many other monks, to apply the meditative principles of Zen Buddhism.

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