Shikan A meditative state in which perception is utterly free of discrimination between mind and matter, self and object; where the only permanence is impermanence; and change, whether subtle or violent, remains the essence of being. - Sam Hamill Philip Toshio Sudo - October 20th,1959 / June 9th, 2002 - The Zen Guitar Dojo

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Descriptive Articles, FAQs (when ready), and other resources for shakuhachi enthusiasts, players, performers and listlurkers.

• Dr. Riley Lee's Ph.D. Dissertation:
  Yearning for the Bell: A Study of Transmission in the Shakuhachi Honkyoku Tradition
  1992 University of Sydney

• John Neptune's "How to tune a shakuhachi" pages:

  An Interesting Bore

  Pressure Points Chart

• Tom Deaver on:

  Hochiku and Shakuhachi

  Shipping Shakuhachi

  Binding Shakuhachi

• Drawing of the Binding Knot used to repair cracked shakuhachi (or to reduce the probability of shakuhachi cracking).

• Christopher Yohmei Blasdel on Goro Yamaguchi's CD set, Shakuhachi Honkyoku "The Soul of Shakuhachi"

• Todd Barton, The Wisdom of Puh

• Wood, Oil, and Water, on the chemistry of keeping wood flutes from cracking.

• Oiling your recorder

• The Wooden Flute's page on maintenance

• Highland Hardware, US source for unscented camellia oil