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One Robe, One Bowl

By John Stevens

One Robe, One Bowl

By John Stevens

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The hermit-monk Ryokan, long beloved in Japan both for his poetry and for his character, belongs in the tradition of the great Zen eccentrics of China and Japan. His reclusive life and celebration of nature and the natural life also bring to mind his younger American contemporary, Thoreau. Ryokan's poetry is that of the mature Zen master, its deceptive simplicity revealing an art that surpasses artifice. Although Ryokan was born in eighteenth-century Japan, his extraordinary poems, capturing in a few luminous phrases both the beauty and the pathos of human life, reach far beyond time and place to touch the springs of humanity.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
88
Release Date:
2006-04-11
Publication Date:
2006-04-11
Publisher:
Shambhala
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0834805707
ISBN13:
9780834805705
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
113 g
Height:
137 cm
Width:
209 cm
Thickness:
12 cm
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