Hindu and Buddhist teachings hold that this place is another world and for that reason people do not dare go there. I thought, 'Buddha succeeded in surmounting the burden of his karma. At a point some 50 meters short of the sandbank, I collided with a floating human body and almost drowned. After reaching a deadlock in my search for what I wanted to do, I began to search anew in the birthplace of Buddhism. Although people in contemporary society have much to mull over, they lack a way to immerse themselves in the deeper questions because life is so convenient.
Life is at the touch of a button on the remote control.
By posing such questions, one's identity begins to take shape. Religion is what helps people think about the shape that life should take. I believe it eases people's minds to look at the Buddhist drawings I paint. It also gives me great pleasure to teach shafutu, a training method in which small figures of Buddha are copied with a brush. It is extremely useful in heightening the power of concentration.