Saturday, August 16, 2008
I-shin Den-shin
以心 (I-shin) is by heart. 伝心 (Den-shin) is tell heart.
-->Literaly means "I will tell my heart by heart"
Explaining;
To understand somebody without words. Like with best partners.
This Japanese proverb is from Zen Buddism. Master monks tell their disciples the essense, the core of Zen Buddism by heart, which is impossible to be told by words.
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I think this is very interesting. And I hope you don't mind if I use your proverb, it is exactly what I was looking for.
This proverb describes a unique Japanese character! I hope that you will restart this blog again. It's really interesting.
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