Roaring Stream (Ecco Companions) - Hardcover

Foster, Nelson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0880013443 ISBN 13: 9780880013444

Publisher: Ecco, 1996

Synopsis

A collection of aphorisms, written in the summer of 1939 during Auden's first months in America, provides a new understanding of his shift in poetic style and his struggle with the interplay of political, religious, and aesthetic values.

About this title

From Library Journal:

Now, thanks to Zen teacher Foster and Shoemaker, the editor in chief at Counterpoint, the masterpieces of Zen Buddhist writings are available in a single volume. The editors include writings from the Chinese Ch'an Buddhism out of which Zen grew as well as poetry and other writings foundational to the Japanese Zen traditions. The collection gathers voices as diverse as Bodhidharma, the Indian Buddhist monk who brought Buddhism and tea to China, and Basho, the great Japanese Zen haikai poet. Each selection is introduced by a brief essay setting the writers in context. Because of its range and the wealth of its materials, this volume will be the standard introduction to Zen Buddhism for years to come. Highly recommended.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ecco
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0880013443
• ISBN 13: 9780880013444
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 374