Zen Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0375405526 ISBN 13: 9780375405525

Publisher: Everyman's Library, 1999

Synopsis

The appreciation of Zen philosophy and art has become universal, and Zen poetry, with its simple expression of direct, intuitive insight and sudden enlightenment, appeals to lovers of poetry, spirituality, and beauty everywhere. This collection of translations of the classical Zen poets of China, Japan, and Korea includes the work of Zen practitioners and monks as well as scholars, artists, travelers, and recluses, ranging from Wang Wei, Hanshan, and Yang Wanli, to Shinkei, Basho, and Ryokan.

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About the Author

Peter Harris is the founder of the Asian Studies Institute at Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand, and the editor of the Everyman’s Library Pocket Poets anthology Zen Poems.

Review

Miscellaneous Poems From My Lair by Betsugen Enshi
Rhyming With The Priest Caoan's Poem 'living In The Mountains: 7 by Betsugen Enshi
At Wang Changling's Retreat by Chang Jian
Dhyana's Hall by Chang Jian
Looking For Lu Hongjian But Failing To Find Him by Chiao-jan
Written On Master Hengzhao's Wall by Chien Chang
At Tomo Harbor by Chugan Engetsu
Imitating The Old Style by Chugan Engetsu
In China: Sick With Malarial Fever by Chugan Engetsu
Coming, Going, The Waterfowl by Dogen
Depending On Neither Words Nor Letters by Dogen
Worship Service by Dogen
To 'eyes' Fascination' by Fan Ch'eng-ta
Camelia Blossoms by Gido Shushin
Hymn For Offering Incense Upon The Buddha's Attainment Of The Path by Gido Shushin
Improvisation Upon Leaving The Nanzenjii To Go Into Retirement by Gido Shushin
In Response To A Request To Explain The Secret Teaching by Gido Shushin
Inscribed On The Pavilion Of Moon On The Water by Gido Shushin
Inscription Over His Door by Gido Shushin
The Painted Fan by Gido Shushin
Poem Rhyming With The Monk San's 'trip To Kanazawa - Recalling Old by Gido Shushin
Rohatsu: To Show To My Disciples by Gido Shushin
Two Scenes Inscribed On A Screen: 1 by Gido Shushin
Two Scenes Inscribed On A Screen: 2 by Gido Shushin
From Spring To Autumn Of 1827 Some Things Came To Me ...: 15 by Gong Zi-zhen
A Renunciation Of Wit by Gong Zi-zhen
Past, Present, Future by Hakuin
Priceless Is One's Incantation by Hakuin
You No Sooner Attain The Graeat Void by Hakuin
As For Me, I Delight In The Everyday Way by Han Shan
Clambering Up The Cold Mountain Path by Han Shan
Cold Cliffs, More Beautiful The Deeper You Enter by Han Shan
Cold Mountain Poems: 24 by Han Shan
Cold Mountain Poems: 6 by Han Shan
I Sit And Gaze On This Highest Peak Of All by Han Shan
In The Third Month When The Silkworms Were Still Small by Han Shan
Man, Living In The Dust by Han Shan
My Mind Is Like The Autumn Moon by Han Shan
Parrots Dwell In The West Country by Han Shan
So Han-shan Writes Uou These Words by Han Shan
A Telling Analogy For Life And Death by Han Shan
A Thousand Clouds Among A Myriad Streams by Han Shan
When The Men Of The World Look For This Path Amid The Clouds by Han Shan
Why Am I Always So Depressed? by Han Shan
Yesterday I Saw The Trees By The River's Edge by Han Shan
Bodhi Originally Has No Tree by Huineng
Deluded, A Buddha Is A Sentient Being by Huineng
If Evil Flowers Bloom In The Mind-ground by Huineng
Autumn by Iio Sogi
Spring by Iio Sogi
Summer by Iio Sogi
They Come About On Their Own by Iio Sogi
Winter by Iio Sogi
Contemplating The Law, Reading Sutras, Trying To Be A Real Master by Ikkyu Sojun
Like Dew That Vanishes by Ikkyu Sojun
Sunset In A Fishing Village by Ikkyu Sojun
On Seeing The First Bloom Of The Lotus by Jakuren
Cold Night: Impromptu by Jakushitsu Genko
Looking For The Recluse And Not Finding Him Home by Jia Dao
Southern Study by Jia Dao
Impromptu Poem: 9 by Kokan Shiren
Refreshing, The Wind Against The Waterfall by Kokan Shiren
Summer Night by Kokan Shiren
Winter Moon by Kokan Shiren
Winter Moon: 2 by Kokan Shiren
To An Old Monk On Mount Tian Tai by Kuan Hsiu
Rejoicing That The Zen Master Pao Has Arrived by Liu Ch'ang-ch'ing
On Parting With The Buddhist Pilgrim Lingche by Liu Chang-qing
An Early Morning Visit To The Buddhist Priest Chao To Read The Chan by Liu Zongyuan
Meditation Hall by Liu Zongyuan
Asleep Within The Grave by Matsuo Munefusa
The Beginning Of Art by Matsuo Munefusa
Coming This Mountain Way by Matsuo Munefusa
A Flash Of Lightning by Matsuo Munefusa
On Dead Branches Crows Remain Perched At Autumn's End by Matsuo Munefusa
On The Mountain Road The Sun Arose by Matsuo Munefusa
The Sea Dark by Matsuo Munefusa
Silent And Still: Then by Matsuo Munefusa
The Whitebait Opens Its Black Eyes by Matsuo Munefusa
Tanka by Myoe
Tanka: Watching The Moon Go Down by Myoe
In The Mountains by Naong
In The Mountain by Paegun
At Yiye Temple by Po Chu-yi
A Flower? by Po Chu-yi
Idle Droning by Po Chu-yi
Night Snow by Po Chu-yi
On His Baldness by Po Chu-yi
Realizing The Futility Of Life; Written On The Wall Of A Priest's Cell by Po Chu-yi
The Temple by Po Chu-yi
All My Life Too Lazy To Try And Get Ahead by Ryokan
At An Old Temple by Ryokan
Foothills Far Below by Ryokan
Good Manners And Sweet Habits Have Faded, Year After Year. by Ryokan
Here Are The Ruins Of The Cottage Where I Once Hid Myself by Ryokan
I Am Imprisoned In My Cottage Among The Solitary Hills by Ryokan
In The Still Night By The Vacant Window by Ryokan
Kanshi (6) by Ryokan
Kanshi: Dialogue In A Dream by Ryokan
My Beloved Friend by Ryokan
My House Is Buried In The Deepest Recess Of The Forest by Ryokan
On The Death Of Yukinori by Ryokan
Our Life In This World by Ryokan
Since I Began To Climb This Steep Path Of Discipline by Ryokan
Since I Began To Climb This Steep Path Of Discipline by Ryokan
The Wind Is Gentle by Ryokan
You Mustn't Suppose by Ryokan
To Rhyme With A Poem By My Old Teacher: Sick In Winter by Ryusen Reisai
For All These Years, My Certain Zen by Ryushu Shutaku
Sweeping Leaves by Ryushu Shutaku
To What Shall I Compare The World? by Sami Mansei
Every Single Thing by Sato Norikiyo
Making Fire In The Boat On A Snow Day by Sato Norikiyo
Red Peonies In A Jar by Sato Norikiyo
Trailing On The Wind by Sato Norikiyo
The Winds Of Spring by Sato Norikiyo
Autumn's Whitemess by Sesson Yubai
In Heaven And Earth, No Ground To Plant My Single Staff by Sesson Yubai
Staying At Luyuan Temple: Wang Wei's Former Residence by Sesson Yubai
Far, Faraway, Steep Mountain Paths by Shide
I Laugh At My Failing Strength In Old Age by Shide
You Can See The Moon's Brightness by Shide
As Darkness Falls by Shinkei
Cuckoo by Shinkei
Foothills Beneath A Deepening Pall Of Snow by Shinkei
If It Be So, So Be It! by Shinkei
Invisible As The Wind To The Eye by Shinkei
Soul Mad With Longing by Shinkei
Such A Mind Is, Indeed, That Of A Buddha! by Shinkei
A Temporary Lodging by Shinkei
Without Understanding by Shinkei
Abbot Zhan's Cell by Su Shih
Begonias by Su Shih
Books by Su Shih
Days Of Rain; The Rivers Have Overflowed: 2 by Su Shih
Enjoying The Peonies At The Temple Of Good Fortune by Su Shih
Flower Shadows by Su Shih
Moving To Lin'gao Pavilion by Su Shih
Passing Over Dayu Peak by Su Shih
Presented To Tanxiu by Su Shih
Recalling The Old Days At Mianchi by Su Shih
Sending Off Chan Master Xiaoben To Fayun by Su Shih
The Southern Room Over The River by Su Shih
Spring Night by Su Shih
The Weaker The Wine by Su Shih
Written On Abbot Lun's Wall At Mount Jiao by Su Shih
Written On The Wall At Xilin Temple by Su Shih
At Deathbed by T'aego
Herding The Ox In The Himalayas by T'aego
An Autumn Evening In The Hills by Wang Wei (699-761)
Enjoying The Cool by Wang Wei (699-761)
Farm House On The Wei Stream by Wang Wei (699-761)
Green Creek by Wang Wei (699-761)
In My Lodge At Wan Chuan After A Long Rain by Wang Wei (699-761)
In The Hills by Wang Wei (699-761)
Light Lines On A Flat Rock by Wang Wei (699-761)
Lines by Wang Wei (699-761)
Living In The Hills: Impromptu Verses by Wang Wei (699-761)
On Missing My Way To The Monastery Of Heaped Fragrance by Wang Wei (699-761)
Seeking A Night's Lodging At The Monastery Of The Chan Master Daoyi by Wang Wei (699-761)
Sitting Alone On An Autumn Night by Wang Wei (699-761)
Stone Gate Monastery On Mount Lantian by Wang Wei (699-761)
Suffering From The Heat by Wang Wei (699-761)
Visiting The Forest Pavilion Of The Recluse, Cui Xingzong by Wang Wei (699-761)
The Wang River Collection: Ailanthus Bank by Wang Wei (699-761)
The Wang River Collection: Bamboo District Lodge by Wang Wei (699-761)
The Wang River Collection: Deer Enclosure by Wang Wei (699-761)
The Wang River Collection: Fine Bamboo Mountain Range by Wang Wei (699-761)
The Wang River Collection: Gold Dust Spring by Wang Wei (699-761)
The Wang River Collection: Grainy Apricot Lodge by Wang Wei (699-761)
The Wang River Collection: Huazi Ridge by Wang Wei (699-761)
The Wang River Collection: Lacquer Tree Grove by Wang Wei (699-761)
The Wang River Collection: Lake Yi by Wang Wei (699-761)
The Wang River Collection: Lakeside Pavilion by Wang Wei (699-761)
The Wang River Collection: Lily Magnolia Hollow by Wang Wei (699-761)
The Wang River Collection: Luan Family Rapids by Wang Wei (699-761)
The Wang River Collection: Magnolia Enclosure by Wang Wei (699-761)
The Wang River Collection: Meng Wall Hollow by Wang Wei (699-761)
The Wang River Collection: Pagoda-tree Footpath by Wang Wei (699-761)
The Wang River Collection: Pepper Garden by Wang Wei (699-761)
The Wang River Collection: The Northern Cottage by Wang Wei (699-761)
The Wang River Collection: The Southern Cottage by Wang Wei (699-761)
The Wang River Collection: White Pebble Rapids by Wang Wei (699-761)
The Wang River Collection: Willow Waves by Wang Wei (699-761)
Weeping For Ying Yao by Wang Wei (699-761)
Zhongnan Retreat by Wang Wei (699-761)
Grieving For Zen Master Jianzhang by Wei Feng
On The Winter Festival I Visited Lone Mountain And The Two Monks by Wei Feng
Setting Out At Night From The Pavilion At Stone Pass by Xie Ling-yun
Written On The Lake On My Way Back To The Retreat At Stone Cliff by Xie Ling-yun
The Boatman's Flute by Yang Wan-li
The Cold Lantern by Yang Wan-li
Don't Read Books! by Yang Wan-li
During An Intercalary August After The 'arrival Of Autumn' It Was Hot by Yang Wan-li
The Morning Ferry by Yang Wan-li
Passing The Pavilion On Shenzhu Bridge by Yang Wan-li
Rising Early by Yang Wan-li
Spending The Night At The River-port Pool Rock by Yang Wan-li
Staying Overnight At Xiaosha Stream by Yang Wan-li
The Twin Pagodas Of Orchid Stream by Yang Wan-li
On Receiving My Letter Of Termination by Yuan Hung-tao
Saying Goodbye To The Monk Wunian by Yuan Hung-tao
Writing Down What I See by Yuan Hung-tao
And Old Temple by Zekkai Chushin
Dwelling In The Mountains: A Poem Rhyming With Chanyue's: 5 by Zekkai Chushin
The Void Has Collapsed Upon The Earth by Zekkai Chushin
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

Edition details

• Publisher: Everyman's Library
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0375405526
• ISBN 13: 9780375405525
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Harris Peter