Empty Sky
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Signs Against an Empty Sky
Author: Stephen Hume
language: en
Publisher: Dunvegan, Ont. : Quadrant Editions
Release Date: 1980
Poems. Part one concerns northern Canada.
Going Forth
Author: William M. Bodiford
language: en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date: 2005-01-31
In its role as a scriptural charter, vinaya has justified widely dissimilar approaches to religious life as Buddhist orders in different times and places have interpreted it in contradictory ways. In the resulting tension between scripture and practice, certain kinds of ceremonial issues (such as those involving lineage, seniority, initiation, purification, repentance, visualization, vows, ordination) acquire profound social, psychological, doctrinal, and soteriological significance in Buddhism. Going Forth focuses on these issues over a wide sweep of history—from early fifth-century China to modern Japan—to provide readers with a rich overview of the intersection of doctrinal, ritual, and institutional concerns in the development of East Asian Buddhist practices. Despite the crucial importance of vinaya, especially for understanding Buddhism in East Asia, very little scholarship in Western languages exists on this fascinating topic. The essays presented here, written by senior scholars in the field, go beyond the timeworn method of relying on prescriptive accounts in the scriptures to describe what imaginary Buddhists must have done (or do). Rather, they address how actual people responded to local social and cultural imperatives by reading scripture in innovative ways to give new life to tradition. They place real people, practices, and institutions at the center of each account, revealing both diversity and unity, continuity and transformation, in Buddhist customs. The result is a well-integrated, accessible work—relevant for Buddhist studies, but with wider implications for anyone interested in East Asian cultural heritage. Contributors: T. H. Barrett, William Bodiford, David W. Chappell, James C. Dobbins, Daniel A. Getz, Paul Groner, John R. McRae, Morten Schlütter, Nobuyoshi Yamabe, Yifa.
Once Upon a Time
Once Upon A Time Lets fly back to before. Before I needed or wanted Too grow up. Back to the days I wandered Black Mountain, Ran free in the bog meadows Then they put me in school Wasted my time, should have left Me to run free, all of my life Shaped by moments spent contented, And free on hillside, and meadow Flying down along this memory lane I cant forget people, and places Especially holiday months spent Joyfully on farms, school days, terror Filled times eager to read, and write. Ignored, had to count, multiple, divide. All such mysterious ways should have Left me too run free on hillside, and meadow Boy scouts, Clonard Confraternity, saving grace. Mc Cances glen sparkling wild, Roaring waters running through. Falling in, getting dragged out, Soaked to the skin. Walking homewards elated, simple times. Should have left me too run free. Never wanted to grow up though I did. Accepted responsibility didnt do to bad Didnt do to good all in all Did the best i could. Raised a family of three, My wife Geraldine, and me Should have left me too run free on Hillside and meadow.