Book Subject Tag: Zen poetry
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Mountain tasting : Zen haiku and journals
Selections.
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Dewdrops on a lotus leaf : Zen poems of Ryokan
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The Zen fool Ryokan
Includes English translations of selected Japanese and Chinese poems along with the original text and romanized Japanese for the former.
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Good quiet
Poems.
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Dogen’s extensive record : a translation of the Eihei koroku
Dogen is known for two major works. The first work, the massive Shobogenzo (Treasury of the True Dharma Eye), represents his earlier teachings and exists in numerous English translations; the second work, the Eihei Koroku, is a collection including almost all his later teachings, such as short formal discourses to the monks training at his…
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Great Fool : Zen master Ryokan : poems, letters, and other writings
Ryokan Taigu (1758-1831) remains one of the most popular figures in Japanese Buddhist history. Despite his religious and artistic sophistication (he excelled in scriptural studies, in calligraphy, and in poetry), Ryokan referred to himself as “Great Fool,” refusing to place himself within any established religious institution. In contrast to Zen masters of his time who…
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Moon in a dewdrop
Twenty essays from Dogen’s Treasury of the True Dharma Eye (Shobogenzo) constitute the main portion of this book. Four important texts originally written as independent works are also included, along with a selection of Dogen’s poetry.
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Enlightenment unfolds : the essential teachings of Zen Master Dogen
Works written by Dogen throughout his life, presented in chronological order, beginning with the journal from his study in China, providing a substantial selection from his masterwork, Treasury of the true dharma eye, and concluding with his spare but eloquent death poem. A number of the selections appear here in English for the first time.
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Between the floating mist : poems of Ryokan
Poems.
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The Kanshi poems of Taigu Ryokan
One hundred poems by Japan’s great poet Taigu Ryokan (1758-1831) included in English, original Chinese, and in Japanese, translated by poets Mei Hui Liu Huang and Larry Smith.