The Poetry of Zen

The Poetry of Zen

Publisher: Shambhala Publications

Published: 2007-02-13

Type: BOOK

Hamill and Seaton provide illuminating introductions to the Chinese and Japanese sections that set the poets and their work in historical and philosophical context. Short biographies of the poets are also included.


Zen Poetry

Zen Poetry

Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Published: 2007-12-01

Type: BOOK

With Zen Poetry, Lucien Stryk and Takashi Ikemoto have graced us with a compellingly beautiful collection, which in their translations is pure literary pleasure, illuminating the world vision to which these poems give permanent expression.


Zen Poems

Zen Poems

Publisher: Everyman's Library

Published: 1999-03-23

Type: BOOK

This collection of translations of the classical Zen poets of China, Japan, and Korea includes the work of Zen practitioners and monks as well as scholars, artists, travelers, and recluses, ranging from Wang Wei, Hanshan, and Yang Wanli, to ...


A Drifting Boat

A Drifting Boat

Publisher: White Pine Press

Published: 1994

Type: BOOK

Poetry. This anthology gathers together over 1500 years of Chinese Zen (Ch'an) poetry from the earliest writing, including the Hsin Hsin Ming written by the 3rd Patriarch, to the poetry of monks in this century.


The Penguin Book of Zen Poetry

The Penguin Book of Zen Poetry

Publisher:

Published: 1977

Type: BOOK

Japan's greatest contemporary Zen poet, Shinkichi Takahashi, is also well represented. The volume contains many poems never before rendered into English as well as numerious examples of Zen painting.


The Zen Poetry of Dōgen

The Zen Poetry of Dōgen

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

Published: 1997

Type: BOOK

Dogen scholar Steve Heine provides clear and revealing translations that capture Dogen's unique voice, echoing the master's Zen naturalist and aesthetic philosophy.


Zen Poems of China & Japan

Zen Poems of China & Japan

Publisher: Grove Press

Published: 1987

Type: BOOK

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.


One Robe, One Bowl

One Robe, One Bowl

Publisher: Weatherhill

Published: 2006-04-11

Type: BOOK

A sampling of poems from the Japanese hermit-monk, who belongs in the tradition of the great Zen eccentrics in China and Japan, evokes the beauty and pathos of human life.


A Quiet Room

A Quiet Room

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

Published: 2000

Type: BOOK

A Quiet Room: The Poetry of Zen Master Jakushitsu, the complete body of Jakushitsu's poetry, is translated with elegant restraint and an exquisite ear for the profoundly humane heart of Zen. --Tuttle Publishing.


The Zen Poems of Ryokan

The Zen Poems of Ryokan

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2014-07-14

Type: BOOK

This volume contains not only the largest English translation yet made of his principal poems, but also an introduction that sets the poetry in its historical and literary context and a biographical sketch of the poet himself.


Beyond Self

Beyond Self

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Type: BOOK

Korea's premier poet, the former Buddhist monk Ko Un, presents 108 Zen poems. From these poems we can taste hear, smell and see the life of Ko Un, who is affectionately called "the great mountain peak" by his friends.