![]() To break out of the mould of populist poetry forms, the more sophisticated haiki players in the floating world of Edo and precincts, went ape over, what one Benedictine monk nutshelled as (and not without humour): Not at all exclusively Buddhist.Īlso, since the publication of: Bashō and the Dao: the Zhuangzi and the transformation of Haikai By Peipei Qiu We have a whole renaisance of Tao ideas back in old Japan (especially the somewhat eccentric wayless way of Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu) - who towers beside Laozi, apparently. I'd say that haiku is a product of a complex cultural religious background. Is haiku an expression of Buddhism - or is Buddhism an adjunct of haiku ? like defining haiku by saying it's the practice of writing haiku. a personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices. ![]() ( interesting that miriam webster incoporates personal as well as institutional practice but isn't the definition circular, tautological, self-referential by defining religion in terms of what's religious. nor is there anything to convert to, so one can be an atheist, a benedictine, a hassid, or a sufi and still practice buddhism. plus, shakyamuni buddha opposed priestly caste. but it doesn't bring first cause into its picture (BYO) nor creator deity nor the two-fer (two-for-one) of immortal soul & heaven etc. ![]() If by religion, david, we mean something connecting an individual to a greater whole in which we're embedded, or providing a deep meaning to life, and providing guidelines for conscious conduct (ethics), then buddhism certainly fits the bill. and am mulling over don's sense of things from the other thread will reply there to what he said there, rather than here, if that's not confusing. please forgive my seeing the world as if a frog seeing sky thru the bottom of a well. i sure didn't mean to balkanize the discussion. Oops! i just noticed there already is a buddhist haiku thread here. Lately, I've been hosting Haiku Corner for Tricycle: The Buddhist Review - everyone's warmly welcome - Buddhists and non- ( without nonBuddhists there wouldn't be Buddhists ). Me, I came to the Way, and haiku, both, when I was 11, & the 2 have been inextricably intertwined ever since. This month, Kindle kicks off its "Singles" series (99¢) with a range of titles, including Jane Hirshfield's text on Basho.¿ take a listen - anything worth discussing ? This month, Encounter on ABC radio, Australia features a streaming audio ( & trancescript ) of a mix on "Buddhist poetry", starting off with haiku. ![]() Is the pause ( kireji) within a haiku an expression of sunyata, blank essence - with the vivid imagery on either side instances of suchness ( tathata) ?.When we say Buddhism, many typically think of Zen, but what about Pure Land (Issa, comes to mind, for example), as well as Theravada ("mindfulness"), Vajrayana (Tibetan), etc ?.Is haiku an expression of Buddhism - or is Buddhism an adjunct of haiku ?.Here are some prompts to open conversation. ![]()
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