Stonehouse has been called 'the greatest of all Zen monks who made poetry their medium of instruction'. Until now his works have rarely been available in English. Now all of the hermit monk's poetry, including his major poetic works, 'Mountain Poems' and 'Gathas', as well as his most illuminating instructional talks , can be read in red Pine's superb translations.
Language
English
Pages
231
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Mercury House
Release
June 01, 1999
ISBN
156279101X
ISBN 13
9781562791018
The Zen Works of Stonehouse: Poems and Talks of a 14th-Century Chinese Hermit
Stonehouse has been called 'the greatest of all Zen monks who made poetry their medium of instruction'. Until now his works have rarely been available in English. Now all of the hermit monk's poetry, including his major poetic works, 'Mountain Poems' and 'Gathas', as well as his most illuminating instructional talks , can be read in red Pine's superb translations.