Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death
by
Yoel Hoffmann
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 1998
"A wonderful introduction the Japanese tradition of jisei, this volume is crammed with exquisite, spontaneous verse and pithy, often hilarious, descriptions of the eccentric and committed monastics who wrote the poems." —Tricycle: The Buddhist Review
Although the consciousness of...