title: Master Ma's Ordinary Mind: The Sayings of Zen Master Mazu Daoyi
author:  Fumio Yamada 
description: <b>Dr. Fumio Yamada</b> was born in Fukui, Japan, in 1959. He graduated from Tohoku University with a PhD in literature and currently works as a professor of Chinese Classics at Hirosaki University. He is also a designated lineage holder of Kinpu-ryu, Hirosakis unique school of <i>shakuhachi</i> (the Zen flute), which is one of Japans cultural treasures.<br /> <br /> He is the author of more than ten publications in Japanese, with topics ranging from Dogen Zenji to Lao Tzu, Confucius, Sun Tzu, <i>The Gateless Gate,</i> and other classical Chinese and Japanese texts. He lives in Aomori, Japan.<br /> <br /> <b>John Nick Bellando</b> was born in New Jersey and currently lives in Hirosaki, Japan, with his wife Mutsumi and daughter May. He holds a BS in Biblical studies and an MA in Japanese education / Chinese literature from Hirosaki University, where he studied under Dr. Yamada. He writes, translates, and makes <i>shakuhachi</i> (Zen flutes).He lives in Aomori, Japan.
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  J. N. DAVID
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The Novida Code
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Date of publication: April 5, 2013
  
  
  Email: contact@jn-david.com
  
  
  Web: http://www.jn-david.com
  
  
  Copyright © 2013 J. N. DAVID
  
  
  Translation: Carol Gullidge
  
  
  Cover © fotolia.com - innovari & JND
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  That night I dream of my beloved. We're on the beach where we first met, and
  we're making love. The air is so pure, the sand so fine and the gentle lapping
  of the sea so soothing as he comes inside me and I murmur his name for the
  first time… It's all etched in my memory, much more sharply than my name, my
  past, or even my life. That was the day he found out who I was. And I forgot.
  
  
  
  
  
  NOVIDA SHALL OVERCOME!
  
  
  
  
  
  The slogan is everywhere. On walls - chalked or sprayed - or on the ground,
  over countless flyers littering the floor. And in people's minds. The mind is
  essential. I understood that straight away.
  
  
  I'm 25 and I'm off to take part in a meeting of the maj