Heart Sutra with Taro (21/50)
by Mayumi Oda
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- robynbuntin
Description
A second Heart Sutra composition by Mayumi Oda, this one paired with taro — the root vegetable (Colocasia esculenta) cultivated across the Pacific and Asia for thousands of years and central to Hawaiian culture as kalo, the sacred food that sustains life. In Oda's Hawaiian period, taro acquired specific spiritual significance: the kalo is considered in Hawaiian tradition to be the elder sibling of the human race, grown from the same divine ancestor. The Heart Sutra paired with taro thus brings together Buddhist non-duality and Hawaiian ecological spirituality in a composition that reflects Oda's deepening engagement with Pacific indigenous traditions after her move to Hawaii.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Heart Sutra with Taro (21/50) was created by Mayumi Oda (小田真由美).
Heart Sutra with Taro (21/50) depicts religious.