Andrew Jilin

My name is Andrew Jilin! I have been playing music all my life. I played drums, bass and other instruments in rock bands. However, once I heard a touching sound of flute. I was inspired so deeply! It sounded like an ocean breeze, like a wind in the trees, like a whisper on the ear saying something very important and sacred. The time stopped. I was drifting freely through my feelings and thoughts looking at them from the distance. This was a sound of Japanese Bamboo flute Shakuhachi. Zen monks Komuso played this flute for ages. They were playing not for entertainment but for enlightenment. This moment was a turning point for all my life.