1st Edition

Gleanings In Buddha-Fields

By Lafcadio Hearn Copyright 2005
302 Pages
by Routledge

302 Pages
by Routledge

302 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 2006. The third book of Lafcadio Hearn’s Japanese period, Gleanings in Buddha-Fields is a volume of philosophical essays and sketches inspired by the teachings of Buddha. Through a series of loosely connected essays, the author offers readers a wealth of insights into Japanese life, art and religion. When the book was first published in 1897, it attracted the attention of the... Read more
I. A Living God, II. Out of the Street, III. Notes of a Trip to Kyoto, IV. Dust, V. About Faces in Japanese Art, VI. Ningyo-no-Haka, VII. In Osaka, VIII. Buddhist Allusions in Japanese Folk Song, IX. Nirvana, X. The Rebirth of Katsugoro, XI. Within the Circle

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Lafcadio Hearn