Yes,
Thank you for that sensitive, but bolder response
Jack.
I too watched the video Je Kan, and had a partial
understanding from my studies of religions. Thank you
for sharing with us.
As a general comment may I say rather tentatively, and
I trust without giving offence........
Do we need to make our presuppositions, our judgements
of worth and standards, and the knowledge we are
generating.......more explicit, and accessible to
decision-makers that we may wish to influence?
regards
Brian
--- Jack Whitehead <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Je Kan - I've just watched the 11.45 minute video
> clip of the Goma
> Fire ceremony and because I know you and have seen
> you practicing as
> a Buddhist priest in a temple in a local community
> in Japan as well
> as visited your mountainside temple I have some
> sense of the context
> of your practice and understand a little about the
> ceremonies of the
> Shingon Buddhist principles you practice. Without
> such an
> understanding I doubt if many viewers of the
> video-clip would
> understand your values and commitment from just
> watching the video.
> But I may be mistaken and my doubt could be
> inappropriate. This same
> is true about my feeling that the video-clips need
> to be connected to
> an analytic framework in a visual narrative to
> enable the viewers,
> especially from different cultures, to appreciate
> the significance of
> what is being done and shown. I'd really like to
> hear the responses
> of other viewers. I liked the way you make the clip
> available on
> different formats and the streaming video worked
> well.
> Love Jack.
>
Brian E. Wakeman
Education adviser
Dunstable
Beds
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