Sewing our own robes is inefficient and amateurish and that's the point. So, is gardening, home cooking, hiking, learning a musical instrument or sitting zazen. Far more efficient to pay a professional to cook your food, maintain your garden, climb a mountain, play music to you or sit zazen on your behalf. But, that defeats the point. The act educates the senses - body - mind, bypassing the intellect.
Just read Dianne Riggs article on fukudenkai in contemporary Japan available as free downlaod from Nanzan journal- the types of people, their motivations, differences between the Japanese and Western groups that Riggs encountered and the various Buddhist figures involved in encouraging this practice....and like all good dramas, the bad guys (commercial robe makers) aren't all that bad either. I started the article thinking the anti-consumerist angle would appeal to me but learned a lot more.
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Hoshuku
Satlah
Just read Dianne Riggs article on fukudenkai in contemporary Japan available as free downlaod from Nanzan journal- the types of people, their motivations, differences between the Japanese and Western groups that Riggs encountered and the various Buddhist figures involved in encouraging this practice....and like all good dramas, the bad guys (commercial robe makers) aren't all that bad either. I started the article thinking the anti-consumerist angle would appeal to me but learned a lot more.
Bows
Hoshuku
Satlah
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