Zen Poems of China and Japan - The Crane''s Bill

Klappentext Capturing in verse the ageless spirit of Zen! these 150 poems reflect the insight of famed masters from the ninth century to the nineteenth. The translators! in collaboration with Zen Master Taigan Takayama! have furnished illuminating commentary on the poems and arranged them so as to facilitate comparison between the Chinese and Japanese Zen traditions. The poems themselves! rendered in clear and powerful English! offer a unique approach to Zen Buddhism! "compared with which!" as Lucien Stryk writes! "the many disquisitions on its meaning are as dust to living earth. We see in these poems! as in all important religious art! East or West! revelations of spiritual truths touched by a kind of divinity." Zusammenfassung Capturing in verse the ageless spirit of Zen! these 150 poems reflect the insight of famed masters from the ninth century to the nineteenth. The translators! in collaboration with Zen Master Taigan Takayama! have furnished illuminating commentary on the poems and arranged them as to facilitate comparison between the Chinese and Japanese Zen traditions. The poems themselves! rendered in clear and powerful English! offer a unique approach to Zen Buddhism! ?compared with which!’ as Lucien Stryk writes! ?the many disquisitions on its meaning are as dust to living earth. We see in these poems! as in all important religious art! East or West! revelations of spiritual truths touched by a kind of divinity.”

Product details

• Authors: Collectif, Takashai Ikemoto, Takashai Takayama Ikemoto, Ikemoto Stryk, Taigan Takayama
• Assisted by: Takashi Ikemoto (Editor), Lucien Stryk (Editor), Takashi Ikemoto (Translation), Lucien Stryk (Translation), Takashi Ikemoto (Editor and translation), Ikemoto Takashi (Editor and translation), Lucien Stryk (Editor and translation), Stryk Lucien (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Atlantic monthly press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.03.1994
• EAN: 9780802130198
• ISBN: 978-0-8021-3019-8
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Evergreen Book; Evergreen Book
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; China, Poetry, RELIGION / Buddhism / Zen, PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist, CULTURAL HERITAGE / Asian / General, Relating to Buddhist people & groups, Zen;translators;Master Taigan Takayama;China;Japan, translators; Zen; China; Japan; Master Taigan Takayama