A Zen Wave: Basho's Haiku and Zen - Softcover

Basho, Matsuo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1593760086 ISBN 13: 9781593760083

Verlag: Catapult, 2003

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Críticas:

"Zen masters have a long history of giving teisho--formal, playful Dharma talks--in which poetry is invoked. The works of the Chinese poets Su Shih and Han Shan are almost within the Zen canon. In the tradition of teisho on Han Shan given by earlier masters, Robert Aitken has given talks on the haiku of Basho that go straight to the center of Basho's work. This book shares those talks with all of us: it illuminates the angles and corners of lone-ness and community, plainness and beauty, in the homey, homeless way of Zen. It's a superb book on Basho real life, and poetry all at once. I'm grateful."

Reseña del editor:

Zen Buddhism distinguishes itself by brilliant flashes of insight and its terseness of expression. The haiku verse form is a superb means of studying Zen modes of thought and expression, for its seventeen syllables impose a rigorous limitation that confines the poet to vital experience. Here haiku by Bashõ are translated by Robert Aitken, with commentary that provides a new and far deeper understanding of Bashõ’s work than ever before.

In presenting themes from the haiku and from Zen literature that open the doors both to the poems and to Zen itself, Aitken has produced the first book about the relationship between Zen and haiku. His readers are certain to find it invaluable for the remarkable revelations it offers.

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• Verlag: Catapult
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1593760086
• ISBN 13: 9781593760083
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 180