Dewdrops On A Lotus Leaf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2004-04-13
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781590301081

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Dewdrops on a Lotus Leaf by Anonim Pdf

The Japanese poet-recluse Ryokan (1758–1831) is one of the most beloved figures of Asian literature, renowned for his beautiful verse, exquisite calligraphy, and eccentric character. Deceptively simple, Ryokan's poems transcend artifice, presenting spontaneous expressions of pure Zen spirit. Like his contemporary Thoreau, Ryokan celebrates nature and the natural life, but his poems touch the whole range of human experience: joy and sadness, pleasure and pain, enlightenment and illusion, love and loneliness. This collection of translations reflects the full spectrum of Ryokan's spiritual and poetic vision, including Japanese haiku, longer folk songs, and Chinese-style verse. Fifteen ink paintings by Koshi no Sengai (1895–1958) complement these translations and beautifully depict the spirit of this famous poet.

Author : Robin D. Gill
Publisher : Paraverse Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780984092307

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Kyoka, Japan's Comic Verse by Robin D. Gill Pdf

Even readers with no particular interest in Japan - if such odd souls exist - may expect unexpected pleasure from this book if English metaphysical poetry, grooks, hyperlogical nonsense verse, outrageous epigrams, the (im)possibilities and process of translation between exotic tongues, the reason of puns and rhyme, outlandish metaphor, extreme hyperbole and whatnot tickle their fancy. Read together with The Woman Without a Hole, also by Robin D. Gill, the hitherto overlooked ulterior side of art poetry in Japan may now be thoroughly explored by monolinguals, though bilinguals and students of Japanese will be happy to know all the original Japanese is included. This Reader is a selection from "Mad in Translation - a thousand years of kyoka, comic Japanese poetry in the classic waka mode," a 2000-poem, 200-chapter, 740-page monster of a book. It offers a 300-page double distillation high-proof sample of the poetry and prose, with improved translations, re-considered opinions and additional snake-legs (explanation some scholars may not need). The scattershot of two-page chapters and notes have been compounded into a score of cannonball-sized thematic chapters with just enough weight to bowl over most specialists yet, hopefully, not bore the amateur and sink a potentially broad-beamed readership. (More information may be found at the Paraverse Press website or Google Books)"

Author : Sri Ram
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Spiritual life
ISBN : 8120719654

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Dewdrop on a Lotus Leaf by Sri Ram Pdf

Author : Rakesh K. Mittal
Publisher : Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Conduct of life
ISBN : 8120727304

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Think Positive and Things Will Go Right by Rakesh K. Mittal Pdf

In this book, Rakesh Mittal has narrated his personal experiences, describing them in an interesting manner. His narration imparts valuable information and wisdom, and underlines his conviction that when we think positive, things go right.

Author : Jakob Fischer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Buddhist priests
ISBN : STANFORD:36105018749478

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Dew-drops on a Lotus Leaf by Jakob Fischer Pdf

Author : John Stevens
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2006-04-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780834824966

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One Robe, One Bowl by John Stevens Pdf

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.

Author : Mark Griffiths
Publisher : Random House
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-31
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781446484562

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The Lotus Quest by Mark Griffiths Pdf

The lotus is the world's most iconic flower. Galvanised by receiving seeds from a three-thousand-year-old lotus, which flowered without difficulty in an English summer, Mark Griffiths set out to track the path of this sublime plant to its home in the Lotus-Lands of Japan. The Lotus Quest unveils a stunning vision of Japan's feudal era, as Griffiths visits shrines, ruins, gardens and wild landscapes, and meets priests and archaeologists, philosophers and anthropologists, gardeners and botanists, poets and artists, and even dines on the lotus in a Tokyo café. Beautifully illustrated, intensely atmospheric and full of suspense, The Lotus Quest shows how the deep crimson of the lotus runs like a tracer dye, tracking the spread, fusion and fission of the world's great civilizations.

Author : Kazuaki Tanahashi
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-09
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780834828162

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Sky Above, Great Wind by Kazuaki Tanahashi Pdf

The delightful and often funny poetry of Zen’s quintessential free spirit, Master Ryokan—in a fresh translation by a beloved American Zen figure Ryokan Taigu (1758-1831) was a monk in the Soto lineage of Japanese Zen who spent a good part of his life as a hermit, writing poetry, playing with children, and creating simple and exquisitely beautiful calligraphies—sometimes using twigs as his instrument when he couldn't afford a brush. He was never head of a monastery or temple and as an old man, he fell in love with a young Zen nun who also became his student. His affection for her colors the mature poems of his late period. This loving tribute to the great legendary nonconformist includes more than 140 of his poems, 13 examples of his art, and a selection of laugh-out-loud funny anecdotes about his highly idiosyncratic teaching behavior.

Author : 良寛
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0231044151

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Ryokan by 良寛 Pdf

Watson includes the representative works of this Tokugawa poet's waka and kanshi works, along with an introduction and the original Japanese poems in romanized form.

Author : Misao Kodama,Hikosaku Yanagishima
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1999-02-15
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781462916856

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Zen Fool Ryokan by Misao Kodama,Hikosaku Yanagishima Pdf

This collection of Zen poetry by 19th century Japanese Buddhist monk and hermit Ryokan is a masterful exploration of life and nature. Ryokan's zen poems are celebration of the joys and sadness of everyday life. His spare, direct style is remarkable for its immediacy and intimacy. This bilingual collection contains more than 150 of his finest poems in Japanese and Chinese, including his famous lyrical correspondence with the nun Teishin, who befriended him in his later years. It also includes a biographical essay on Ryokan, and useful notes on the poems themselves.

Author : Robin D. Gill
Publisher : Paraverse Press
Page : 742 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780974261874

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Mad in Translation by Robin D. Gill Pdf

Even readers with no particular interest in Japan - if such odd souls exist - may expect unexpected pleasure from this book if English metaphysical poetry, grooks, hyperlogical nonsense verse, outrageous epigrams, the (im)possibilities and process of translation between exotic tongues, the reason of puns and rhyme, outlandish metaphor, extreme hyperbole and whatnot tickle their fancy. Read together with The Woman Without a Hole, also by Robin D. Gill, the hitherto overlooked ulterior side of art poetry in Japan may now be thoroughly explored by monolinguals, though bilinguals and students of Japanese will be happy to know all the original Japanese is included.--amazon.com.

Author : Osho
Publisher : Fivestar
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-08
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Sermons in Stones by Osho Pdf

Raman Maharshi is a mystic of the highest quality, but a master of the lowest quality. And you have to understand that to be a mystic is one thing; to be a master is totally different. Out of a thousand mystics, perhaps one is a master.

Author : Nobuyuki Yuasa
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781400857555

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The Zen Poems of Ryokan by Nobuyuki Yuasa Pdf

A poet-priest of the late Edo period, Ryokan (1758-1831) was the most important Japanese poet of his age. This volume contains not only the largest English translation yet made of his principal poems, but also an introduction that sets the poetry in its historical and literary context and a biographical sketch of the poet himself. Originally published in 1981. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Swami Sukhabodhananda
Publisher : Jaico Publishing House
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-01-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9788184952063

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Adi Shankaracharya’s Bhaja Govindam by Swami Sukhabodhananda Pdf

Adi Shankaracharya composed a number of Vedantic works for imparting the knowledge of the Self. One of these hymns is the famous “Bhaja Govindam”. ‘Bhaja’ literally means ‘seek’, ‘Govindam’ means ‘the Lord’ – ‘the Truth’. The learned masters, out of deep compassion try to wake up humanity. They invite us to open our eyes to a higher dimension of living. The whole text of Bhaja Govindam in essence means ‘Wake up, seek the Lord, and stop seeking the primitive and superficial things in life.’ The compilation of thoughts presented in this book is applicable to one and all. Swami Sukhabodhananda in his unique style explains the verses with deep clarity and understanding.

Author : Ryōkan
Publisher : Companions for the Journey (Wh
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 193521005X

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Between the Floating Mist by Ryōkan Pdf

A wonderful collection by one of Japan's most beloved zen poets.