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Gazing at the Moon: Buddhist Poems of Solitude

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Gazing at the Moon: Buddhist Poems of Solitude - McKinney, Meredith (Translated by)
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"Japan's most famous and well-loved poets. He was a recluse monk who spent much of his life wandering, and the combination of poet and monk produced poetry infused with a Buddhist perception of the world. He became a legend soon after his death, and he is still a household name in Japan today. This selection of Saigy???o's tanka (traditional 31-syllable poems) uses his poetry to tell the story of his Buddhist awakening, reclusion, seeking, enlightenment, and death"--

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Gazing at the Moon: Buddhist Poems of Solitude 2021, Shambhala

ISBN-13: 9781611809428

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