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Meditation & compassion
Buddhism
From vipassana and Zen to Tibetan Buddhism: mindfulness, wisdom and compassion.
Explore the path →About the teacher
Kanho Yakushiji
Kanho Yakushiji is a Zen Buddhist monk and a musician, and he does not treat those as two careers. He sings the Heart Sutra — the short text at the centre of Mahayana practice, chanted daily in temples across East Asia — in settings that keep the Japanese-Buddhist reading of it while letting a guitar and a recording studio in.
His videos have been watched well over a hundred million times, many of them filmed inside temples: Kaizen-ji in Ehime, where he is based, and Ikkyu-ji in Kyoto among them.
He has no separate website. His work lives on his own YouTube channel, which is where the link here goes.
“Through music and breath, I look forward with all my heart to sharing with everyone a resonance that crosses language and borders.”Kanho Yakushiji
Upcoming events
Meet Kanho Yakushiji in person.
Talks, day programmes and retreats currently listed in the Paths Are Many calendar.
Talks & videos
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Short introductions and longer conversations, to hear this teacher in their own words.
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