KENKO YOSHIDA

ΤΑ ΔΟΚΙΜΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΑΔΡΑΝΕΙΑΣ
Οι περισσότερες από τις ιστορίες που κυκλοφορούν από στόμα σε στόμα είναι ψέματα, επειδή, αναμφίβολα, η αλήθεια είναι πολύ βαρετή. Οι άνθρωποι υπερβάλλουν αφηγούμενοι διάφορα γεγονότα και αισθάνονται όλο και πιο ελεύθεροι να πουν μια ιστορία όπως τους αρέσει, με την απόσταση του τόπου και του χρόνου. Αν, μάλιστα, καθίσουν και τα καταγράψουν, τότε έχουμε μια απίθανη εκδοχή της. (Από την παρουσίαση στο οπισθόφυλλο του βιβλίου)...
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(P/B) A CUP OF SAKE BENEATH THE CHERRY TREES
'It is a most wonderful comfort to sit alone beneath a lamp, book spread before you, and commune with someone from the past whom you have never met...' Moonlight, sake, spring blossom, idle moments, a woman's hair - these exquisite reflections on life's fleeting pleasures by a thirteenth-century Japanese monk are delicately attuned to nature and the senses. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the wor...
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(P/B) ESSAYS IN IDLENESS
These two works on life's fleeting pleasures are by Buddhist monks from medieval Japan, but each shows a different world-view. In the short memoir Hojoki, Chomei recounts his decision to withdraw from worldly affairs and live as a hermit in a tiny hut in the mountains, contemplating the impermanence of human existence. Kenko, however, displays a fascination with more earthy matters in his collection of anecdotes, advice and observations. From ribald stories of drunken monks to aching nostalgia for the fading traditions of the Japanese cour...
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(P/B) THREE JAPANESE BUDDHIST MONKS
'I have relinquished all that ties me to the world, but the one thing that still haunts me is the beauty of the sky' These simple, inspiring writings by three medieval Buddhist monks offer peace and wisdom amid the world's uncertainties, and are an invitation to relinquish earthly desires and instead taste life in the moment. One of twenty new books in the bestselling Penguin Great Ideas series. This new selection showcases a diverse list of thinkers who have helped shape our world today, from anarchists to stoics, feminists to prophets, s...
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