The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy by Brehm, John
The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy by Brehm, John

The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy

Over 125 poetic companions, from Basho to Billy Collins, Saigyo to Shakespeare. The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness,...
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Author: John Brehm
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Language: English
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The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy by Brehm, John

The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy

$43.86
The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy by Brehm, John

The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy

$43.86
Author: John Brehm
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
Over 125 poetic companions, from Basho to Billy Collins, Saigyo to Shakespeare.

The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy received the Spirituality & Practice Book Award for 50 Best Spiritual 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 "Mindful Reading" and a meditation on sound from editor John Brehm--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 Joy 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 collection--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 practice--the poems here both reflect and embody the dharma in ways that can't be matched by other modes of writing. Its 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 poets' lives.

Author: John Brehm
Publisher: Wisdom Publications
Published: 06/06/2017
Pages: 312
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.00h x 4.80w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781614293316

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