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Alok Hsu Kwang-han

Zen · Zen

Zen calligraphic painter and teacher who works with brush, ink and rice paper, and who describes his own approach as teaching painting by not teaching painting.

ZenUnited States
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Alok Hsu Kwang-han

Zen calligraphic painter and teacher who works with brush, ink and rice paper, and who describes his own approach as teaching painting by not teaching painting.

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Moving From Emptiness: The Life and Art of a Zen Dude

A portrait of the Zen calligraphic painter Alok Hsu Kwang-han, who teaches students to paint from the silence before thought.

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Direct meditative practice, zazen and everyday awareness in traditions rooted in Chinese Chan and its later forms.

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