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245 04 The poetry of impermanence, mindfulness, and joy /|cedited
       by John Brehm. 
264  1 Somerville :|bWisdom,|c[2017] 
300    xxviii, 279 pages ;|c17 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    "Over 125 poetic companions for all life's ups and downs. 
       The Buddha once told a disciple that good spiritual 
       friends are the whole of holy life. The poems expertly 
       gathered here offer all that one might hope for in such 
       spiritual friendship: wisdom, compassion, peacefulness, 
       good humor, and the ability to both absorb and express the
       deepest human emotions of grief and joy. The Poetry of 
       Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy offers a wide-ranging 
       collection of 129 ancient and modern poems unlike any 
       other anthology on bookshelves today. It uniquely places 
       Buddhist poets like Han Shan, Tu Fu, Saigyo, Ryokan, Basho,
       Issa, and others alongside modern Western poets one would 
       not expect to find in such a collection--poets like 
       Wallace Stevens, Robert Frost, Elizabeth Bishop, William 
       Stafford, Denise Levertov, Jack Gilbert, Ellen Bass, Billy
       Collins, and more. What these poems have in common, no 
       matter whether they are explicitly Buddhist, is that all 
       reflect the essential truths the Buddha articulated 2,500 
       years ago. The book provides an important poetic 
       complement to the many prose books on mindfulness practice
       --the poems here both reflect and embody the dharma in 
       ways that can't be matched by other modes of writing. Its 
       unique features include an introduction that discusses the
       themes of impermanence, mindfulness, and joy and explores 
       the relationship between them. Biographical notes place 
       the poets in historical context and offer quotes and 
       anecdotes to help readers learn about the poets' lives. A 
       short essay at the back of the book on "Mindful Reading" 
       helps readers approach the poems from an experiential, non
       -analytical perspective and illustrates the similarities 
       between meditation and the mindful reading of poetry. 
       Brehm also includes a guided meditation on sound that 
       helps readers appreciate the sonic qualities of poetry and
       shows how the anthology might be used in ongoing spiritual
       practice"--|cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 Mindfulness (Psychology)|vPoetry. 
650  0 Impermanence (Buddhism)|vPoetry. 
650  0 Dharma (Buddhism)|vPoetry. 
700 1  Brehm, John,|d1955-|eeditor.