Drifting Skandhas - Sen, Li

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Résumé :
Li Sen's Drifting Skandhas is a poetic testimony to an ancient practice essential to our life and times. He writes; We are offered a synthesis of academic, philosophic, anti-philosophic (Lacan), artistic, literary and poetic modes. The great Buddhist classic, the Heart Sutra, seeks to transcend the constraints of academicism. The walls between written forms are illusory. It is not argument that transports us through the paradoxically named Gateless Gate, where 'form is emptiness, emptiness is form', but the wings of imagery. The text, like that of the ancient Chinese sage-poets, is rich with the author's poetry, in which metaphors take us as far as language can go before it touches silence and enters the inexpressible. The cock crows, drinking in the remnants of the sun. The cock coos, drinking in fleeting time. Its crows are chained together like the peaks of mountains, as swarms of incipient rainclouds hanging in the sky. (Li Sen) From the perspective of contemporary philosophy, art and literature, the author tributes the Heart Sutra, one of the most profound sutras in Buddhism. Le Sen has more than thirty years experience in culture and research into Buddhist philosophy. Li Sen created drift language as the theoretical framework and writing style, with philosophy of poetic prose. Sales Points Contribution by Bill Porter (Red Pine) Thirty ancient paintings adorn the work Replete with footnotes Translator; Deng Zhihui Testimonial by Doriaan Haarhoff (Ph.D) (author of 20 books)

Biographie:
Li Sen (b. 1966, Yunnan Province, China) is Professor of Literary Criticism at Yunnan University and former Dean of the School of Chinese Language and Literature. He is Chairman of the Research Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art and Literature, editor-in-chief of New Poetry Magazine, and a member of the renowned 'Them' school of poets. Li Sen has published over ten books and more than 400 academic and creative works. His research focuses on Chinese literature, contemporary art, and Buddhist philosophy, with over three decades of experience exploring the Heart Sutra and other classical texts....

Sommaire:
Drifting Skandhas is a poetic and philosophical tribute to the Heart Sutra, one of the most profound texts in Mahayana Buddhism. Li Sen synthesizes academic, philosophical, artistic, literary, and poetic modes to transcend traditional boundaries. Using his innovative drift language - a theory and style of poetic prose - he invites readers to engage with the sutra not as argument, but as experience, imagery, and reflection.The cock crows, drinking in the remnants of the sun. The cock coos, drinking in fleeting time. Its crows are chained together like the peaks of mountains, as swarms of incipient rainclouds hanging in the sky. - Li Sen With over thirty ancient Chinese paintings, extensive footnotes, and contributions from scholars and translators such as Bill Porter (Red Pine) and Deng Zhihui, the book bridges traditional Buddhist thought, contemporary philosophy, and poetic literature. Li Sen draws on more than thirty years of research and teaching in Chinese culture, literature, and Buddhist philosophy to create a work that is simultaneously academic, literary, and deeply spiritual....