John Gendo Wolff

The Driftwood Shrine

Discovering Zen in American Poetry

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Produktbeschreibung

Representing a new approach to the West's evolving understanding of Buddhism, The Driftwood Shrine is the first collection of Zen teachings to be based on the poems of great American writers. In reassuring, forthright, and often surprising language, Wolff explains how Emily Dickinson, William Carlos Williams, H.D., Richard Wright, and many other poets enshrined the gentle light of the Buddha's teaching in their work. Poetry lovers and Zen practitioners alike will find themselves moved toward a penetrating awareness of the realms of spiritual resolve, impermanence, desire, faith, and awakening.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: The Sumeru Press Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 242g
• ISBN-13: 9781896559285
• ISBN-10: 189655928X
• Artikelnr.: 45677553

Autorenporträt

John Gendo Wolff, Sensei, has been a Zen practitioner for over 30 years. He received lay ordination and the Dharma name "Gendo" (which means "Source of the Way") in 1992 In 2006, he was ordained as a priest in the White Plum lineage, and in 2012, he received Dharma Transmission (Shiho), from his teacher of many years, Susan Myoyu Andersen, Roshi. Authorized as an independent teacher of the Dharma, Gendo Sensei is Spiritual Director at Great Wave Zen Sangha in Ludington, Michigan. Gendo Sensei has published numerous poems and essays in a wide variety of magazines and in the anthology "Beneath a Single Moon: The Legacy of Buddhism in American Poetry" (Shambhala/Random House, 1991). He appears in the forthcoming video documentary "Zen in America" (Sweeping Zen) and is a member of the governing board of the White Plum Asanga. Gendo Sensei serves as a member of the literature faculty of West Shore Community College and is Chair of the Communications Division.