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Songs of the Sons and Daughters Buddha: Enlightenment Poems from Theragatha Therigatha
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Songs of the Sons and Daughters Buddha: Enlightenment Poems from Theragatha Therigatha
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Songs of the Sons and Daughters Buddha: Enlightenment Poems from Theragatha Therigatha
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More than two thousand years ago, the earliest disciples of the Buddha put into verse their experiences on the spiritual journeyfrom their daily struggles to their spiritual realizations. Over time the verses were collected to form the
and
the "Verses of Elder Monks" and "Verses of Elder Nuns" respectively. In
, renowned poets Andrew Schelling and Anne Waldman have translated the most poignant poems in these collections, bringing forth the visceral, immediate qualities that are often lost in more scholarly renditions. These selections reveal the fears, loves, mishaps, expectations, and joys of the early monks and nuns, when, struck by wild insight, they cried out the anguish or solace they knew in their lives.