Have you ever seen a Buddhist monk playing i Queen and i Beatles during quarantine? Probably not, it is something really unusual and we must immediately point out that it is a video really special. For years the Buddhist monk has reinterpreted the classics pieces rock with some oriental tools in his time of New York. If you are curious, you can see the video in which it plays We Will Rock You of Queen (just click here). But let’s see who this fantastic and legendary is monk.
Who is the fantastic monk “Rock”
Is called Kazutaka Yamada, in art Kossan. It’s a monk Buddhist who for several months has decided to spend time doing something else besides meditation. TO New York, where he lives in his temple, teaches him Zazen, a discipline of the rib mediation Zen which derives from tradition Buddhist. This very particular practice aims to provide those who practice it under the guidance of Kazutaka Yamada to take an existentialist view of nature. We apologize to the meditation experts but we are not very well versed, we hope we have not made big mistakes.
Rock-loving monk
Our beloved rock monk has decided to make videos and videos to share in network these clips where i plays Queen and i Beatles. Needless to say twice, the videos have become viral and have reached thousands and thousand of views. Moreover, if this is not an unusual thing, we do not know what it can be. What song did he play? Here they are: We Will Rock You of Queen, Yellow Submarine Beatles e Teenage Lobotomy of the Ramones. But you must know that Our Kazutaka Yamada, aka Kossan, had already been interviewed in the past.
The old rock monk interview
The power of music
The monk she said it was a great one emotionabsolutely unexpected and this pushed him to go on. He therefore decided to invest all of himself in this new practice and in one day he managed to earn 40 dollars, a figure unbelievable, considering the city and its conditions. People had listened to him and had been struck by this monk who dreamed when he was young, to become a drummer professional. Now the situation is different, undoubtedly better, but the power of the music There is always. And we are happy for him, frankly. Where there is rock, there is hope.
