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The Straightforward Mind Is The Dojo: Japanese Zen T-Shirt

Aikido T-shirt, with an original hand-brushed calligraphy of the Zen aphorism Jiki Shin Kore Dojo , meaning The Straightforward Mind Is The Dojo , also translated as The Straightforward Mind Is The Place Of Practice, The Direct Mind Is The Place Of Enlightenment. The fluent flowing calligraphy is available in the cursive or semi-cursive style of Japanese calligraphy. This original Zen calligraphy T-shirt makes a unique motivational gift for Zen followers, Buddhists, meditation, Yoga and Martial Arts and Aikido practitioners, a great gift for a birthday or any important event|celebration. The Emergence of Aikido and Morihei Ueshiba Morihei Ueshiba Aikido is known as the Art of Harmony. Not only Aikido but true martial arts are based on a philosophy of harmony and conciliation. To an amateur this affirmation can be hard to believe when you see how Aikido practitioners strike at each other at high pace. Even so it is true, the fundamental doctrine of aikido and a lot of martial arts are...

Japanese Zen EnsoT-Shirt with Original Zen Enso Circle Calligraphy

Meditative Zen Enso Circle t-shirts and apparel show your Zen aspirations in an artistic form. The popular Enso Circle on t-shirts and apparel is a splendid form of zen art that will inspire you and anyone who see it when you are wearing the Enso Circle t-shirt swearshirt or hoodie. In Zen Buddhism the Zen Circle is seen as a symbol of enlightenment, infinity, the universe -the perfect meditative state, the search for enlightenment. Actually , a Zen Enso circle can express many concepts in Zen Buddhism such as the continuous circle of birth, death and rebirth or form and emptiness. There aren’t immutable, fixed rules to brush a Zen Enso as an enso manifests your state of mind when you shape and create it. A Zen Circle can be tranquil or vibrant, calm or energetic, exuberant or sober. There are no two ensos alike. A famous Zen Enso by Fukushima Keido, a Japanese Rinzai Zen master who died in 2011 had the form of a triangle, but the Zen master considered it an enso all the same. Most e...