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| | | | As Samhain approaches, now seemed like a good time to read and reflect upon this collection of Japanese "death poems," compiled byYoel Hoffman. There's a tradition among Zen Buddhist monks and poets in Japan to compose one final poem during their final hours of life - a jisei, often translated into English as "death poem."... | |
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| | | | May GLLI Blog Series: Japan in Translation, No. 1 Editor's note: Today begins a month-long series of posts about Japanese literature in translation. Here in the United States it is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, and in Japan (through this weekend, anyway), it is Golden Week, the longest vacation period ofthe year for many Japanese workers.... | |
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| | | | We live in a world that is always in flux. Conflict, natural disasters, and political destabilization are continually reshaping our world and threatening our future on an intimate, community and global scale. An element of the universality of the human condition unites us in our response to these factors while privilege, culture, and history set... | |
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| | The Shikan-Do ??? temple, located in Hythe, Hampshire belongs to a Japanese school of Buddhism called Tendai. Below is a short guide to help understand Tendai Buddhism. Classification There are many different schools, or sects, of Buddhism, just like there are many different sects of Christianity. However, all the sects of Buddhism can be categorised |