The bottom of this great bell has the eight trigrams of the I Ching. This is the Wind Trigram. The Wind Trigram speaks to spontaneous movement: knowing whether to advance, retreat or remain neutral in a situation according to gut feelings.… Read the rest
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Thich Nh?t H?nh
Thich Nh?t H?nh, a Zen monk, and native of Hu?; has written on the bell in his monastery:
Body, speech and mind in perfect harmony
I send my heart along with the sound of the bell.
May the hearers awaken from forgetfulness
and transcend all anxiety and sorrow.… Read the rest
Shaping the Nothingness of the bell
So, several weeks later, after the IT Seminar, when we finally had the time, Terry, Pat, Hung, Phuong, Phi and I set out on Saturday morning motorbikes to discover a bronze foundry village in Hu?… Read the rest
Finishing at bell at the foundry
The bell will be cast, in one continuous casting with Buddhist monks saying prayers after which the bell will cool and need to be cleaned up and buffed. They won?t know how it sounds until it is finished.… Read the rest
Phi and Hung read the bell
Hung and Phi read the dedication of a bell. It was cast for a temple in the south of Vi?t Nam. This foundry makes bells for temples all around Vi?t Nam and around the world.… Read the rest
Bells at the foundry
The foundry had some beautiful bells, but too big to hang in my grove of hemlocks at my home in Storrs, Connecticut. I was looking for something in the range of 8 to 10 kilograms with a pure, clean tone.… Read the rest