108 Japa Poems
Author : Satsvarūpa Dāsa Gosvāmī
Publisher : Satsvarupa dasa Goswami
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 47,73 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0982260059
Author : Satsvarūpa Dāsa Gosvāmī
Publisher : Satsvarupa dasa Goswami
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 47,73 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0982260059
Author : Ravi Nathwani
Publisher : New World Library
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 45,97 MB
Release : 2015-07-20
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1608683796
This collection of timeless poetry celebrates the eternal spiritual truth within each heart. Since ancient times, this hidden essence has been symbolized by the number 108. There are 108 earthly desires, 108 human feelings, 108 delusions, 108 beads in the traditional meditation mala, and 108 sacred poems in this anthology. Filled with crystalline wisdom from the great poets, sages, saints, and mystics, this selection of poems is a collective expression of universal heart-filled wisdom. The poems span a wide range of cultures and civilizations — from India to Europe, Japan, and the Middle East — and each one offers a unique perspective about the path to awakening. Some of the poems express belief in a higher being. Some convey instantaneous awakening. Others lead the reader down a disciplined path of contemplation. Ordered according to a broad interpretation of the heart-centered chakra model, these remarkable poems guide the reader toward realization and offer timeless jewels of insight to spark awakening and enrich spiritual practice.
Author : Patricia Donegan
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 24,95 MB
Release : 2010-10-12
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0834822350
A collection of 108 haiku poems to heighten awareness and deepen our appreciation for the ordinary in everyday life Haiku, the Japanese form of poetry written in just three lines, can be miraculous in its power to articulate the profundity of the simplest moment—and for that reason haiku can be a useful tool for bringing us to a heightened awareness of our lives. Here, the poet Patricia Donegan shares her experience of the haiku form as a way of insight that anyone can use to slow down and uncover the beauty of ordinary moments. She presents 108 haiku poems—on themes such as honesty, transience, and compassion—and offers commentary on each as an impetus to meditation and as a key to unlocking the wonder in what we find right before us.
Author : Ravi Nathwani
Publisher : New World Library
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 10,89 MB
Release : 2015-07-20
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1608683788
This collection of timeless poetry celebrates the eternal spiritual truth within each heart. Since ancient times, this hidden essence has been symbolized by the number 108. There are 108 earthly desires, 108 human feelings, 108 delusions, 108 beads in the traditional meditation mala, and 108 sacred poems in this anthology. Filled with crystalline wisdom from the great poets, sages, saints, and mystics, this selection of poems is a collective expression of universal heart-filled wisdom. The poems span a wide range of cultures and civilizations — from India to Europe, Japan, and the Middle East — and each one offers a unique perspective about the path to awakening. Some of the poems express belief in a higher being. Some convey instantaneous awakening. Others lead the reader down a disciplined path of contemplation. Ordered according to a broad interpretation of the heart-centered chakra model, these remarkable poems guide the reader toward realization and offer timeless jewels of insight to spark awakening and enrich spiritual practice.
Author : Ko Un
Publisher : Parallax Press
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 41,11 MB
Release : 2008-01-22
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1888375655
Throughout his eventful life as a monk, poet, novelist, political dissident, husband, and father, Ko Un has remained a traveler on the Way. The poems in this collection, though strictly within the true Zen tradition, are as witty and down-to-earth as they are contemplative. Described by Allen Ginsberg as “thought-stopping Koan-like mental firecrackers,” the poems reflect both writer and reader. First published in 1997, the new edition features a more sympathetic translation and 11 original brush paintings by the author.
Author : Basil Hall Chamberlain
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 37,89 MB
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1136393374
Published in 2000, The Classical Poetry of the Japanese is a valuable contribution to the field of Asian Studies.
Author : Basil Hall Chamberlain
Publisher :
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 50,64 MB
Release : 1880
Category : Japanese poetry
ISBN :
Author : Steven D. Carter
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 38,13 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780804722124
This anthology brings together in convenient form a rich selection of Japanese poetry in traditional genres dating from the earliest times to the 20th century. With more than 1,100 poems, it is the most varied and comprehensive selection of traditional Japanese poetry now available in English. A romanized Japanese text accompanies each poem, and the book is illustrated with 20 line drawings.
Author : Ko Un
Publisher :
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 11,11 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Poetry
ISBN :
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.
Author :
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 14,54 MB
Release : 1998-04-15
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 146291649X
"A wonderful introduction the Japanese tradition of jisei, this volume is crammed with exquisite, spontaneous verse and pithy, often hilarious, descriptions of the eccentric and committed monastics who wrote the poems." --Tricycle: The Buddhist Review Although the consciousness of death is, in most cultures, very much a part of life, this is perhaps nowhere more true than in Japan, where the approach of death has given rise to a centuries-old tradition of writing jisei, or the "death poem." Such a poem is often written in the very last moments of the poet's life. Hundreds of Japanese death poems, many with a commentary describing the circumstances of the poet's death, have been translated into English here, the vast majority of them for the first time. Yoel Hoffmann explores the attitudes and customs surrounding death in historical and present-day Japan and gives examples of how these have been reflected in the nation's literature in general. The development of writing jisei is then examined--from the longing poems of the early nobility and the more "masculine" verses of the samurai to the satirical death poems of later centuries. Zen Buddhist ideas about death are also described as a preface to the collection of Chinese death poems by Zen monks that are also included. Finally, the last section contains three hundred twenty haiku, some of which have never been assembled before, in English translation and romanized in Japanese.