Sutra Copying by Candlelight 🎐 Japanese Sleep Music | Shakuhachi Flute for Deep Sleep #74

Sutra Copying by Candlelight. One hour of gentle Japanese soundscapes — shakuhachi, koto, and soft ambient tones — for deep sleep, meditation, and quiet nights. 🎐 Tonight's scene: 燭下の写経・表題曲. A note on this scene: Sutra copying, shakyo, has been practiced since the Nara period scriptoriums; copying one character at a time remains a form of moving meditation. 00:00:00 Sutra Copying by Candlelight 00:03:18 Grinding the Ink Slowly 00:06:15 A Crescent in the Transom Window 00:09:24 One Character at a Time 00:12:31 The Paper Drinks the Ink 00:15:35 The Candle Steadies Itself 00:18:43 Between Two Brushstrokes 00:21:36 The Page Filled with Small Lights 00:25:26 The Wick Burns Low 00:28:25 Laying Down the Brush 00:31:23 Sutra Copying by Candlelight 00:34:42 Grinding the Ink Slowly 00:37:39 A Crescent in the Transom Window 00:40:48 One Character at a Time 00:43:55 The Paper Drinks the Ink 00:46:59 The Candle Steadies Itself 00:50:07 Between Two Brushstrokes 00:53:00 The Page Filled with Small Lights 00:56:50 The Wick Burns Low 00:59:49 Laying Down the Brush (total 62m47s) Oborozuki（朧月）— "the hazy moon" of old Japanese poetry, the moon you see just before falling asleep. New quiet nights follow the Japanese calendar: phases of the moon, the 24 sekki, and still places across Japan.