Japanese Buddhist Poetry: Bearing the Weight of Being
Gereon Kopf
2 March 2020
Insight through skillful means into the depths of the human…
Zen Buddhist and Poet W. S. Merwin Dies at 91
Justin Whitaker
18 March 2019
Two-time US Poet Laureate remembered for his…
Literature as a Way of Living, Part Two
Seth Shugar
14 August 2018
On practicing the spiritual exercises we find in…
Literature as a Way of Living, Part One
Seth Shugar
19 July 2018
The spiritual exercises we can find in literature
The Mind in Language: Jane Hirshfield’s The Beauty
Caitlin Dwyer
22 November 2017
I found myselfsuddenly voluminous,three-dimensioned,a many-roofed building in moonlight. So writes Jane Hirshfield in her collection The Beauty (Knopf 2015). She is describing a startling moment
Tensions Between Literary Creation and Buddhist Practice—Ramya Jirasinghe Talks about Poetry, Dharma, and Why She Writes
Raymond Lam
20 May 2016
During my years of watching and analyzing the Buddhist world, one observation has consistently come to mind: Buddhists have been slow to make art for
Why Haiku Holds the Flavor of Zen
Andrew Schelling
7 November 2014
Furu ike yakawazu tobikomumizu no oto The old ponda frog jumps inkerplunk Matsuo Basho’s (1644–94) haiku—that mind-altering frog vanishing into an ancient pond—has become so
The Light of the Lotus Moon: The Art and Wisdom of Otagaki Rengetsu
Meher McArthur
19 September 2014
“Fluttering Merrily” by Otagaki Rengetsu, Japan, 1840s–50s, calligraphy and painting in ink on paper mounted as a hanging scroll; Private Collection, Switzerland
The Familiar Oddities of Ikkyū Sōjun
Andrew Whitehead
27 May 2014
Dr. Andrew K. Whitehead is Assistant Professor of Philosophy in the Department of History and Philosophy at Kennesaw State University in Atlanta USA. He specializes
A Pilgrimage to Pu Tuo Mountain
Ven. Dao Ran
24 April 2014
In the winter of the Year of the Snake, 2013, two laywomen accompanied me to Pu Tuo Mountain (?????s), where we stayed in the Guan
The Dancing Buddha
Nina Müller
6 March 2013
Her feet tread the earth and the high skies Neither the same nor different to wise eyes Everything she does, she does completely Those who