Bright Moon, White Clouds
Bright Moon, White Clouds

Author: Li Po

Publisher: Shambhala Publications

Published: 2012-06-05

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 0834827786

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Li Po (701-762) is considered one of the greatest poets to live during the Tang dynasty—what was considered to be the golden age for Chinese poetry. He was also the first Chinese poet to become well known in the West, and he greatly influenced many American poets during the twentieth century. Calling himself the "God of Wine" and known to his patrons as a "fallen immortal," Li Po wrote with eloquence, vividness, and often playfulness, as he extols the joys of nature, wine, and the life of a wandering recluse. Li Po had a strong social conscience, and he struggled against the hard times of his age. He was inspired by the newly blossoming Zen Buddhism and merged it with the Taoism that he had studied all his life. Though Li Po's love of wine is legendary, the translator, J. P. Seaton, includes poems on a wide range of topics—friendship and love, political criticism, poems written to curry patronage, poems of the spirit—to offer a new interpretation of this giant of Chinese poetry. Seaton offers us a poet who learned hard lessons from a life lived hard and offered his readers these lessons as vivid, lively poetry—as relevant today as it was during the Tang dynasty. Over one thousand poems have been attributed to Li Po, many of them unpublished. This new collection includes poems not available in any other editions.

Red Berries, White Clouds, Blue Sky
Red Berries, White Clouds, Blue Sky

Author: Sandra Dallas

Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press

Published: 2014-09-01

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 1627537724

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It's 1942: Tomi Itano, 12, is a second-generation Japanese American who lives in California with her family on their strawberry farm. Although her parents came from Japan and her grandparents still live there, Tomi considers herself an American. She doesn't speak Japanese and has never been to Japan. But after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, things change. No Japs Allowed signs hang in store windows and Tomi's family is ostracized. Things get much worse. Suspected as a spy, Tomi's father is taken away. The rest of the Itano family is sent to an internment camp in Colorado. Many other Japanese American families face a similar fate. Tomi becomes bitter, wondering how her country could treat her and her family like the enemy. What does she need to do to prove she is an honorable American? Sandra Dallas shines a light on a dark period of American history in this story of a young Japanese American girl caught up in the prejudices and World War II.

Noches de Luna Llena/ Nights of the Full Moon
Noches de Luna Llena/ Nights of the Full Moon

Author: MaríA De Los ÁNgeles Correa EnríQuez

Publisher: Palibrio

Published: 2012-07

Total Pages: 165

ISBN-13: 146333298X

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En una noche serena, un rayo de luna entra por la ventana. La niñita despierta. Desde el balcón ve la luna llena. Es algo sorprendente. Desde entonces la luna llena la acompañará en el recorrido de la órbita de su vida. Con un instinto que la mueve, con un sexto sentido heredado de siglos atrás, se sentirá atraída por la luna. Sin embargo, la atracción es mutua: la niña y la luna. Este libro, en su mayor parte biográfico, fue escrito en noches de luna llena, ya que la autora asegura que desde chiquita no puede dormir en estas noches, y así nace "Noches de Luna Llena." It is a quiet night. A glint of light enters through the window. The little girl awakes. From the balcony she watches the full moon. It is something amazing for her. The moon will always accompany her as she lives her life. She will be attracted by the moon instinctually, a psychic gift that she inherit centuries ago. Most of this book is autobiographical. It was written during nights of the full moon. The author says that since she was a little girl, she couldn ́t sleep during these nights, and this is how Nights of the Full Moon was born.

New Essays in Comparative Aesthetics
New Essays in Comparative Aesthetics

Author: Robert Wilkinson

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2009-03-26

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1443809527

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Comparative aesthetics is the branch of philosophy which compares the aesthetic concepts and practices of different cultures. The way in which the various cultures of the world conceive of the aesthetic dimension of life in general and art in particular is revelatory of profound attitudes and beliefs which themselves make up an important part of the culture in question. This anthology consists of entirely new essays by some of the leading, internationally recognised scholars in the field. The subjects addressed include the influence of Upanişadic thought on the classic Indian tradition in aesthetics and the way in which that tradition continues to have relevance to issues discussed today; how Buddhist thought in general and Zen in particular shape aesthetic attitudes in Japanese culture; how Confucianism affected not only the morality but also the classical aesthetics of China; how different ideas of the self and of human nature affect artistic training and practice in different cultures; how feminism can draw inspiration from classic non-European lines of thought in the area of aesthetics, and how different attitudes to nature underpin a whole range of aesthetic beliefs and attitudes in western and eastern thought. These ideas reveal both deep differences and deep similarities between east and west. No-one seeking to understand the cultures discussed in these essays can ignore their aesthetic dimension, which often holds the key to understanding the deepest motives which have formed them.

Record of the Transmission of Illumination
Record of the Transmission of Illumination

Author: T. Griffith Foulk

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

Published: 2021-11-30

Total Pages: 613

ISBN-13: 0824891767

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The first book of this two-volume set consists largely of an annotated translation of the Record of the Transmission of Illumination (Denkōroku 傳光録) by Zen Master Keizan Jōkin 瑩山紹瑾 (1264–1325), presented together with the original Japanese text on which the English translation is based. That text is the recension of the Denkōroku published in Shūten Hensan Iinkai 宗典編纂委員会, ed., Taiso Keizan Zenji senjutsu Denkōroku 太祖瑩山禅師撰述伝光録 (Tokyo: Sōtōshū Shūmuchō 曹洞宗宗務庁, 2005). The Shūmuchō edition of the Denkōroku includes some items of Front Matter from earlier published editions, which are included in the English translations. Volume 1 also contains an Introduction that addresses such matters as the life of Keizan, the contents of the Denkōroku, the provenance of that work, and the textual history of its various recensions. In addition, Volume 1 includes a Bibliography that lists many works of modern Japanese- and English-language scholarship that are relevant to the academic study of the Denkōroku. The second volume contains a Glossary in two parts. Part One explains all of the Buddhist technical terms and Zen sayings that appear in the annotated translation of the Shūmuchō edition of the Denkōroku, found in Volume 1. Part Two treats all of the people, places, and texts that are named in that annotated translation. The Glossary also contains a wealth of material pertaining to the study of Chinese Chan, Japanese Zen, and East Asian Buddhist traditions at large, providing a broader historical context for understanding Keizan’s Denkōroku. Published in association with Sōtōshū Shūmuchō, Tokyo.

Natural Bliss
Natural Bliss

Author: Dr. Vinod D. Deshmukh MD PhD.

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2015-10-30

Total Pages: 441

ISBN-13: 1504956613

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Natural Bliss is just that a bliss that dawns spontaneously in Life and while in Nature. It includes bliss that arises naturally in a quiet, curious and attentive mind, which tries to learn about itself and its unique place in the Natural Order. Out of this love for Life and Nature, has emerged this unique collection of inspired poems, photo-poems, essays, photographs and paintings. The author has a professional background in Neuroscience and Neurology and an educational background in Eastern Philosophy, Sanskrit Literature, Yoga and Vedanta. He has a long interest in Meditation. He values formal Sitting Meditation or Dhyanam, and observes Mindful Presence throughout the waking hours. Many of the poems were inspired during his own meditative experiences. He loves Nature Photography and he effectively combines poetry with photography, which has resulted in his unique Photo-Poems. He and his wife, Sunanda enjoy Painting as a hobby and some of their original Paintings are included in this book.

The Last River Rat
The Last River Rat

Author: Kenny Salwey

Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing

Published: 2017-10-16

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 1938486919

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Kenny Salwey is a modern-day American hermit who has lived most of his life in the Mississippi river bottoms, coming to know the river ecosystem with an intimacy unavailable to most. Now, Kenny shares his love of, and knowledge about, the mighty river. The Last River Rat is a seasonal look at Kenny's unique life.

Dream Collection
Dream Collection

Author: Dong Fang Dao

Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency

Published: 2021-06-15

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 1682354830

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Open this thin poetry collection and your soul is captivated immediately and touched deeply. In pious linguistic expression, beautiful melody and superb artistic form are expressed by poet Dong Fang Dao. He chants the eternal dream of humankind, namely holy loves, innocent children, the compassionate Buddha, the otherworldly Zhuang Tzu in the Warring States period, and enumerates the mysteries of nature. It is as water under the bridge as time passes by, when people so busy in their livelihoods and in a hurry all day long, fail to grasp the truly important things in life. Only those who are frank inherently can appreciate the beautiful scenery in a good day, and dare to chase their dreams. Exactly as the author chants: “Ah, Poet! Natural messenger, embodiment of freedom and innocence, only you first smell every subtle scent in spring, even at late night, at dawn, or in early morning of the sun shining. You are only messenger of universe, forerunner of all things, every sigh of nature sees eye to eye with you, understands tacitly, whether in the day or at night.”