The music grows gradually: First a snare drum-like beat, then a throaty drone layered on top, followed by high-pitched humming. And then the monk ...
TOKYO: The music grows gradually: First a snare drum-like beat, then a throaty drone layered on top, followed by high-pitched humming. And then the monk begins to chant the heart sutra.
In Japan, it is not uncommon for monks to fulfil religious duties and maintain a non-religious career. He came to religion a little later, initially rejecting suggestions from his father - who became a Buddhist monk in his 50s, when Akasaka was in high school. But after he turned 30, Akasaka began to reconsider as he thought more about the meaning of life and death, and he eventually spent a little over two years training to be a monk.
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