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Photographs of Richard Hunn (1949-2006) - Taken During His Life in Kyoto (Japan) - 1991-2006 - Supplied by Taeko Watani (His Widow)

7/3/2021

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Richard Hunn Live with His Wife - Taeko Watani - in an Old Samurai Cottage in Kyoto Japan! (Late 1990s)

Richard and Taeko Would Spend Their Weekends Visiting Ancient Ch'an and Zen Temples in and Around the Kyoto Area!

Taeko and Richard at Their Wedding Ceremony (c. 1997)

Wedding Flowers Arrive - Woman Buddhist Priest (Right) - c. 1997

Richard and Taeko Enjoyed Participating in a Local Music Group!

A Left-Handed Richard Hunn Practices His Guitar Skills!

Richard and Taeko on Their Honeymoon (c. 1997)

Richard with Taeko's Family in Kyoto - Japan!

Richard Exploring the Ancient Martial Arts Temples of Old Kyoto with Taeko!

Richard and Taeko Were Profoundly in Love!

Richard Hunn Enjoying His Life With Taeko in Kyoto!

Taeko Meets Richard's Parents in Norwich (UK) - c. 2000!

Taeko Watani is a Very Successful Professional Business Woman Working in the Fashion Industry!

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The Buddha’s Attitude to the Health of the Body...

3/19/2021

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The Buddha recognised that all physical bodies are born, exist and then die. This logical observation serves as the foundation of the Buddha’s Teaching. It is an inevitable process that every living-being must experience. An individual will be born, will live their life in any number of ways, and will then pass away through natural (old age) or unnatural (illness, injury or accident, etc) causes. According to the Buddha, the state of an individual’s mind is responsible for the ‘willed’ (volitional) actions performed through the body. The frequency of these decisions can be ‘healing’ and ‘compassionate’ or ‘debilitating’ and ‘horrible’ - it all depends upon the past conditioning (karma) of the individual mind (and body).

By permanently ‘stilling’ (and ‘expanding’) the mind, all karmic production is eradicated. This is a moment of karmic purification of mind and body. The ‘ridge-pole of ignorance is destroyed forever’ as the Buddha states in the Dhammapada. This is the experience of nirvana whilst still inhabiting a human-body – and when death arrives the body will ‘fall away’ - revealing the state of experiencing ‘nirvana’ without inhabiting a body. Through adhering to the Vinaya Discipline – this strict regulation of the mind and body in the environment has a beneficial effect with regards to health. This is because every rule is designed by the Buddha to ‘remove’ a particular negative (karmic) trait that causes ‘suffering’ in the mind and body of the individual and which permeates out into the environment if not ‘checked’ through the deployment of purposeful discipline.

This is how the Buddha strives to reduce suffering in the mind and body of the individual (and in the world). This process is cemented by emptying the mind of greed, hatred and delusion – whilst directly ‘perceiving’ the empty essence of the perceiving (and ‘non-perceiving’) mind. This is how the Buddha strives to eradicate all ‘illnesses’ (and illness generating ‘delusion’) from the mind, body and environment through the application of a strict discipline. This is why Master Xu Yun (1840-1959) was of the opinion that the Vinaya Discipline is a vital (foundational) element of ALL genuine schools of Buddhism – and refused to follow the example of Japan in ‘abolishing’ the Vinaya Discipline as a guide for monks and nuns. If a person wants to live longer and in a healthier manner – then follow the Vinaya Discipline!

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Richard Hunn as a Youngman in the UK

10/30/2019

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This photograph of Richard Hunn as a young teenager was forwarded to me by his widow - Taeko Hunn (nee 'Watani') - who continues to live in Kyoto, Japan.

With Metta

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Buddha in a Box

10/23/2019

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Around 2002, Richard Hunn, whilst flying between Japan and the UK had a stop-over in South Korea. Whilst perusing his way through the bookshops he discovered this 'The Buddha Box''. Designed in the USA and made in China, this delightful product contains a small Buddha-Image, a canopy within which he sits, and a beautiful hardback book (which sits in the back of the canopy). When he came to stay at our home in South London, he presented this to me as a gift:

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Photographs of Richard Hunn (1949-2006) - Taken During His Life in Kyoto (Japan) - 1991-2006 - Supplied by Taeko Watani (His Widow)

The Buddha’s Attitude to the Health of the Body...

Richard Hunn as a Youngman in the UK

Buddha in a Box

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