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Oh-Hyun Cho

    For Nirvana
    Tales from the Temple
    • Tales from the Temple

      A Collection of Zen Prose Poems Translated from the Korean

      • 64 stránek
      • 3 hodiny čtení

      This collection features prose poems by Musan Cho Oh-hyun, a renowned poet-monk from the Nine Mountain school of Korean Zen. His works reflect deep spiritual insights and the essence of Zen philosophy, blending lyrical beauty with profound contemplation. Through his unique voice, the poems explore themes of nature, existence, and enlightenment, offering readers a meditative experience that captures the tranquility and depth of Zen thought.

      Tales from the Temple
    • For Nirvana

      • 144 stránek
      • 6 hodin čtení

      Cho Oh-Hyun was born in Miryang, South Gyeongsang Province, Korea and has lived in retreat in the mountains since becoming a novice monk at the age of seven. Writing under the Buddhist name Musan, he has composed hundreds of poems in seclusion, many in the sijo form, a relatively fixed syllabic style similar to Japanese haiku and tanka. This collection of 108 Zen sijo poems (108 representing the number of klesas, or "defilements," one must overcome to attain enlightenment) features beautiful examples of Cho Oh-Hyun's award-winning work and the expressive possibilities of sijo. These transfixing poems play with traditional religious and metaphysical themes and include a number of "story" sijo poems, a longer, less traditional style that is one of Cho Oh-Hyun's major innovations. An introduction by Kwon Youngmin, emeritus professor at Seoul National University and a major scholar of sijo, supplies a contextualizing introduction.

      For Nirvana