Murmured Conversations: A Treatise on Poetry and Buddhism by the Poet-Monk Shinkei

Revealing The Central Place Of Buddhist Philosophy In Medieval Japanese Artistic Practices, This Text Illuminates The Significance Of Each Section Of The Treatise Within The Context Of Waka And Renga Poetics, And The Role Of Buddhism In The Contemporary Understanding Of Cultural Practices Such As Poetry. Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List Of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part One -- One Prologue -- Two Renga History -- Three On The Tsukubashū -- Four Post-shinkokinshū Waka -- Five Ancient And Middle-period Renga -- Six The Character Of The Work Of The Early Masters -- Seven The Style Of Ineffable Depth ( Yūgen) -- Eight Learning And The Study Of Renga -- Nine The Role Of Waka In Renga Training -- Ten On Hokku -- Eleven Double Meaning In Poetry -- Twelve The Manifold Configurations Of Poetry -- Thirteen The Roots Of Poetry In Temporality -- Fourteen Poetic Process As A Contemplation -- Fifteen The Wisdom Of Nondiscrimination -- Sixteen Right Teaching And The Individual Poet -- Seventeen The Influence Of Companions In The Way -- Eighteen Poetry And The Mundane Mind -- Nineteen The Issue Of Fame As Index Of Poetic Value -- Twenty Poetry Is An Existential Discipline -- Twenty-one Poetry Is A Self-consuming Passion -- Twenty-two Worldly Glory Versus Reclusive Concentration -- Twenty-three Criticism Is A Function Of One's Own Limitations -- Twenty-four Sitting With A Master -- Twenty-five Constant Practice Is Decisive -- Twenty-six Valorizing The Deviant Or Obscure -- Twenty-seven The Difficulty Of Comprehending Superior Poetry -- Twenty-eight The Vulgar Verse -- Twenty-nine Plagiarism -- Thirty Excessive Straining Mter Effect -- Thirty-one Semantic Confusion -- Thirty-two Incomprehensibility -- Thirty-three The Close Link And The Distant Link -- Thirty-four On Hen-jo-dai-kyoku-ryū As The Structure Of The Renga Link -- Thirty-five On Rikugi: The Six Types Of Poetry -- Thirty-six Poetry Contests And Criticism -- Thirty-seven Marks And Grade Points In Renga -- Thirty-eight One's True Poetry Emerges In Old Age -- Thirty-nine The State Of Renga In Our Time -- Part Two -- Forty About Hen-jo-dai-kyoku-ryū -- Forty-one The Central Place Of Grace [en] In The Poetic Process -- Forty-two Verses On The Moon, Flowers, And Snow -- Forty-three The Verse Of Ineffable Remoteness (yōon) -- Forty-four Renga Rules And Buddhist Precepts: The Question Of Morality And Freedom -- Forty-five Poetry And Zen Meditation, The Cosmic Body, And The True Word -- Forty-six The Link Between Maeku And Tsukeku -- Forty-seven The Nature And Goal Of Criticism -- Forty-eight Selecting Friends Of The Way -- Forty-nine The Close Link And The Distant Link -- Fifty On The Issue Of The Ultimate Style -- Fifty-one Discipline In The Mind-ground -- Fifty-two Orthodoxy And Plurality -- Fifty-three Reclusion -- Fifty-four The Impartiality Of Divine Response -- Fifty-five Heredity, Social Status, And The Way -- Fifty-six The Mark Of Temporality In Talent, Training, And Fame Or Obscurity -- Fifty-seven The Difficulty Of Achieving The Way: The Transmission Of Mind Is Beyond Language -- Fifty-eight Mutually Supportive And Antagonistic Arts -- Fifty-nine The Practice Of Poetry In Our Time -- Sixty The Question Of The True Buddha And The Ultimate Poem -- Sixty-one The Ten Virtues -- Sixty-two Epilogue -- Notes -- Appendix: Biographical Notes -- Bibliography -- Character List -- Index Of First Lines -- Subject Index Bibliographic Level Mode Of Issuance: Monograph Includes Bibliographical References And Index. English