The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy

The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy

Over 125 poetic companions, from Basho to Billy Collins, Saigyo to Shakespeare.

The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and JoyÂ received the Spirituality & Practice Book Award for 50 Best SpiritualÂ Books in 2017 by Spirituality and Practice Website.

The poems expertly gathered here offer all that one might hope for in spiritual companionship: wisdom, compassion, peacefulness, good humor, and the ability to both absorb and express the deepest human emotions of grief and joy. The book includes a short essay on â€œMindful Readingâ€ and a meditation on sound from editor John Brehmâ€”helping readers approach the poems from an experiential, non-analytical perspective and enter into the mindful reading of poetry as a kind of meditation.

The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and JoyÂ offers a wide-ranging collection of 129 ancient and modern poems unlike any other anthology on bookshelves today. It uniquely places Buddhist poets like Han Shan, Tu Fu, Saigyo, Ryokan, Basho, Issa, and others alongside modern Western poets one would not expect to find in such a collectionâ€”poets like Wallace Stevens, Robert Frost, Elizabeth Bishop, William Stafford, Denise Levertov, Jack Gilbert, Ellen Bass, Billy Collins, and more. What these poems have in common, no matter whether they are explicitly Buddhist, is that all reflect the essential truths the Buddha articulated 2,500 years ago.

The book provides an important poetic complement to the many prose books on mindfulness practiceâ€”the poems here both reflect and embody the dharma in ways that canâ€™t be matched by other modes of writing. Itâ€™s unique features include an introduction that discusses the themes of impermanence, mindfulness, and joy and explores the relationship between them. Biographical notes place the poets in historical context and offer quotes and anecdotes to help readers learn about the poetsâ€™ lives.Â
Country USA
Manufacturer Wisdom Publications
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2017-06-06
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Wisdom Publications
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2017-06-06
Format	Kindle eBook

The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy

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