Tuttle Publishing: 1830 books
by Annette Schafer Morrow
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
This classic collection of Japanese haiku focuses on the beautiful Hawaiian Islands.
Poetry is the voice of man's humanity. It that special art form, that private vocabulary, in which the writer speaks to the reader of things they both have known and dreamed together. The seventeen syllables...
Circle
A Haiku Sequence with Illustrations
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 1993
David Lloyd's verses are a genuine contribution to the literature of haiku. They capture an image, a moment in time, and engrave it in the memory for all time. This is the mark of good haiku, as indeed it is of good verse in general. His haiku can excite the senses, as in:
See the sharp needles
forever...
by Gladys Zabilka
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2007
This classic introduction to the rich culture and history of the Phillipines Islands is a must have for any traveler or cultural scholar.
Few countries are as rich in cultural heritage as the Republic of the Philippines. The original inhabitants came from various parts of Southeast Asia, and...
Shodo
The Quiet Art of Japanese Zen Calligraphy, Learn the Wisdom of Zen Through Traditional Brush Painting
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
In this beautiful and extraordinary zen calligraphy book, Shozo Sato, an internationally recognized master of traditional Zen arts, teaches the art of Japanese calligraphy through the power and wisdom of Zen poetry.
Single-line Zen Buddhist koan aphorisms, or zengo, are one of the most common...
Iron Flute
100 Zen Koans
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011
This book of koans contains some of the most important Zen sayings of all time along with insightful commentary.
Koans are the intellectually unsolvable problem-riddles at the core of the Rinzai tradition of Zen Buddhism, perhaps the most well-known one being "what is the sound of one...
Day into Night
A Haiku Journey
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
"This is a beautiful book for all seasons! Gunther Klinge illustrates that the difference between oriental and western mind is a myth and fantasy. His haiku never startle, never strain."
—Book News Previews
In this exquisite collection of haiku, accomplished haiku author Gunther...
Zen Beyond All Words
A Western Zen Master's Instructions
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2011
Zen Beyond All Words contains a selection of talks given by Zen Master Wolfgang Kopp.
In the spirit of the ancient Chinese Zen Cha'an masters, Wolfgang Kopp teaches a direct and powerful Zen Buddhism. He conveys neither a theoretical system nor a one-sided dogmatism of sitting. Rather, Master...
Kyoto-Dwelling: Poems
A Year of Brief Poems
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
This collection of Japanese haiku by an American expat is an important contribution to the world of poetry.
Edith Shiffert, called by Poetry Nippon "one of Kyoto's living nation—and international— treasures," here writes brief poems in the form of traditional Japanese haiku for...
by Bernard Lionel Einbond
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
This collection of haiku poetry from Bernard Lionel Einbond is a spectacular.
Part one includes Rising Darkness, Countenances of the Poor, and The Coming Indoors, then part two concludes with Insomnia in Haiku Form. Each poem expressed paints a simple mental picture of each experience with...
Mei-Mei's Lucky Birthday Noodles
A Loving Story of Adoption, Chinese Culture and a Special Birthday Treat
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
A loving story of adoption, Chinese culture and a special birthday treat
Mei-Mei is Chinese—but not Mom and Dad! When she was a baby, Mom and Dad flew all the way to the other side of the world to adopt her and bring her home. Lucky for Mei-Mei, her parents want her to know all about her...
Legend of the White Serpent
Retold from the Chinese
Language: English
Release Date: December 25, 2012
The Legend of the White Serpant is an old Chinese legend that is a classic in Asia.Like all famous children's fairy tales, it has been retold again and again under various names, even taking the form of a popular Chinese opera and, of several films and a full-length color cartoon. But it has never been...
Zen Light
Unconventional Commentaries on the Denkoroku
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2011
The Denkoroku, or "Record of Transmitting the Light," contains the enlightenment stories of the earliest Zen ancestors. In Zen Ught, the author comments on this Buddhist classic, which he studied as part of his own advanced Zen training.
Sensei Barragato brings the varied experiences...
Buddhism in Ten
Easy Lessons for Spiritual Growth
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2011
Filled with simple exercises and thought-provoking lessons, this Buddhist instructional book will help you get started on the Buddhist path of moderation, mindfulness, and enlightened living.
More than any other introduction to Buddhism, Buddhism in Ten provides readers with the understanding...
Chinese Children's Favorite Stories
Fables, Myths and Fairy Tales
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
Watch a mischievous monkey learn his lesson, float along with a colorful butterfly, and visit a village with a mouse mayor.
Chinese Children's Favorite Stories is a collection of thirteen timeless Chinese folktales told and charmingly illustrated by Yip—whose inspiration for retelling them...