Sky Above, Great Wind: The Life and Poetry of Zen Master Ryokan by Kazuaki Tanahashi, Ryōkan

Sky Above, Great Wind: The Life and Poetry of Zen Master Ryokan

Kazuaki Tanahashi, Ryōkan

224 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction poetry reflective slow-paced
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Ryokan (1758–1831) is, along with Dogen and Hakuin, one of the three giants of Zen in Japan. But unlike his two renowned colleagues, Ryokan was a societal dropout, living mostly as a hermit and a beggar. He was never head of a monastery or temple....

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