Rep Era Quotes

1. A Cup of Tea Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), recieved a university professor who came to inqure about Zen. Nan-in served tea. He poured his visitor's cup full, and then kept on pouring. The professor watched the overflow until he could no longer restrain himself. "It is overfull. No more will go in!" "Like this cup," Nan-in said, "you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your up?

13. A Buddha In Tokyo in th Meiji era there lived two prominent teachers of opposite characteristics. One, Unsho, an instructor in Shingon, kept Buddha's precepts scrupulously. He never drank intoxicants, nor did he eat after eleven o'clock in the morning. The other teacher, Tanzan, a professor of philosophy at the Imperial University, never observed the precepts. When he felt like eating he ate, and when he felt like sleeping in the daytime he slept. One da Unsho visited Tanzan, who was drinking wine at the time, not even a drop of which is supposed to touch the tongue of a Buddhist. "Hello, brother," Tanzan greeted him. "Won't you have a drink?" "I never drink!" exclaimed Unsho solemnly. "One who never drinks is not even human," said Tanzan. "Do you mean to call me inhuman just because I do not indulge in intoxicating liquids!" exclaimed Unsho in anger. "Then if I am not human, wht am I?" "A Buddha," answered Tanzan.

Back then, when the culture was still building, people were loyal to stores, brands, and the cause. The style was retro-nineties, loud colors, vector or photographic driven, skinny jeans, selvage denim, lots of Japanese brands, and hip-hop/street culture content. There was also a political aspect to streetwear. Speaking for myself, I was sick of rocking logos for people. What people started printing their own shirts on AAA or American Apparel blanks, we got to rep the culture through the clothing. In the post-9/11 era, a lot of the more powerful messages about individuality, free speech, and what it was to be American manifested themselves in streetwear. (215)

13. Un Buda En Tokyo, en la era Meiji, vivían dos destacados maestros de características opuestas. Uno de ellos, Unsho, instructor de la secta Shingon, observaba escrupulosamente los preceptos budistas. Jamás tomaba bebidas embriagadoras ni comía después de las once de la mañana. El otro maestro, Tanzan, profesor de filosofía en la Universidad Imperial, jamás observaba los preceptos. Cuando le apetecía comer, comía, y cuando tenía ganas de echarse a dormir en pleno día, lo hacía. Un día Unsho visitó a Tanzan, quien estaba bebiendo vino, del cual se supone que ni una sola gota debe entrar en contacto con la lengua de un budista. –Hola, hermano –le saludó Tanzan–. ¿Quieres tomar un vaso? –¡Jamás bebo! –exclamó Unsho solemnemente. –Quien no bebe ni siquiera es humano –replicó Tanzan. –¿Es posible que me llames inhumano sólo porque no tomo líquidos embriagadores? –dijo Unsho, encolerizado–. Entonces, si no soy humano, ¿qué es lo que soy? –Un Buda –respondió Tanzan.