Because of the Rain: An Anthology of Korean Zen Poetry
Buddhism was introduced to Korea via China in the fifth century and similar to China and Japan a long tradition of Zen poetry developed. This collection spans 1,500 years of this tradition with a selection of the key poets and teachers starting with Great Master Wonhyo the founder of Korean Zen Buddhism.\ Christopher Merrill is directs the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa.
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A celebration of 1500 years of Korean Zen poetry
A short introduction to Korean Zen poetryAxe without a handleTo Master Monk NangjeePledgeEnlightenment songAt my mother's funeralHymn to SariraThe loneliness of a wayfarerElegyRiding a horse in the rainAt Chongmyung TempleStudying in the templeReply to Sir Kukwon's "sleeping in the temple in autumn"For Sanje, a hermitRetreat at Haein TempleAt Hongbup TempleAt Munsoo TempleOn arriving at Oeo TempleFor Great Zen Master SagumFacing the shadowUpon entering the priesthood : a warningA fisherman's songOn the death of the most revered priestMay DayFanBecause of the rainSitting and teaching at nightAt the ZendoBy the waterMaxim for a man of virtueMountain excursionBamboo treeIn my leisureA hermit's lifeA casual lineOn autumnWaking from a napWatching the rain at Hoeduk InnMountain lifeParodyLeisurely enjoymentInstructing fellow Buddhists after picking BrackensUntitledMountain lifeTwelve more songs for Master JikongCloudy mountainStone streamBamboo hermitageYo HermitageUntitledDeathbed songPlaying at Jeoksun Pond on a moonlit nightBamboo forestLonely hermitageAuspicious cloudMosquitoIllusory hermitageRain during droughtSong for late autumnHyunsonja asks for an enlightenment songWestern peakHaesunja asks for an enlightenment songOn the mountainAfter getting drunk in a hermitage on Chiri MountainPine bark breadBecause of certain thingsHigher living away from the worldMy hobby on the mountainLamentDeciding to live in an empty cave on Kumgang MountainSpring on the mountainMountain lifeClimbing Enlightenment MountainTaking pleasure in myselfDeathbed songReply to King Sunjo's poem on BambooWhile sleeping at the Southern SeaSeeing Wonsunja off to Kwandong provincePulil HermitageLooking back at my shadowSong for three dreamsTo my old friend LeeA thought on my sicknessOn hearing the sound of a Komunko while passing a mansionDeathbed songAt Taedun TempleTo an old, deaf, and blind monkOn my way back to KojokdaeReturning to DupawonRevisiting Kumkang PavilionThe strangeness of mountains after rainSleeping in Pulil HermitageTo a fellow monkLonging for a man farawayRidiculing the monk who builds a stupaOn reading Namwha SutraVarious songs of leisureDeathbed songTo an outstanding elderTo a monkOn hearing a pipeReply to a poem by SonggyedangBidding farewell to my cousin, Haeil, on his return homeDeathbed songSitting at night at an old inn in SillaLonging for my hometownTo the old Reverend Monk HwasungMan of no attachmentsDeathbed songReply to a poem by DonglimFlowers in the gardenOn hearing a cuckoo's songMountain lifeTo a monk asking about ZenReturning to my hometownThe dream of a butterflySitting aloneReturning to DongraeLeaving the mountainsSending off my fellow Monk HaeCuckooDeathbed songTo the Reverend BagamA fisherman at BoylamEnjoying springA silly songOn hearing the song of the geeseRegarding the heartSong for my own shadowA bathSitting aloneLiving in Eunjok HermitageFor a Zen seekerOn the bank of a stream by Taedun TempleAutumn thoughtArriving at Yongmun Temple
