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Essays in Idleness and Hojoki

Essays in Idleness and Hojoki

Kenko
Chomei
McKinney, Meredith

Paperback

Series: Penguin Classics

PhilosophyBuddhism

Publisher Price: $17.00

ISBN10: 0141192100
ISBN13: 9780141192109
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: Jul 29 2014
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.60 Width: 4.90 Depth: 7.60
Language: English
Two of the most important Buddhist tracts from Japan

A Penguin Classic

Both of these works on life's fleeting pleasures are by Buddhist monks from medieval Japan, but each represents a different worldview. In Essays in Idleness, his lively and sometimes ribald collection of anecdotes, advice, and observations, Kenko displays his fascination with earthly matters. In the short memoir Hojoki, or The Ten Foot Square Hut, however, Chomei recounts his decision to withdraw from worldly affairs and live as a hermit.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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