"Mountain Tasting" gathers together a wide cross section of Haiku with a selection of the diaries of the wandering Japanese poet Santoka (1882--1940).
His books include Lotus Moon: Poems of Rengetsu and Wild Ways: Poems of Ikkyu..
He has practiced and taught Aikido all over the world.
As he said " Days I don\'t enjoy: Any day I don\'t walk, drink sake, and compose haiku." John Stevens is the author or translator of over twenty books on Buddhism, Zen, Aikido, and Asian culture.
The open road was to become both his home and monastery.
His zen practice was that of solitary walking and begging.
His books include "Lotus Moon: Poems of Rengetsu" and "Wild Ways: Poems of Ikkyu." About author(s): Santoka lived his life in the long zen hermit wandering poetic tradition of Japan that includes Basho, Ryokan and Saigyo.
As he said, "Days I don\'t enjoy: Any day I don\'t walk, drink sake, and compose haiku." John Stevens is the author or translator of over twenty books on Buddhism, Zen, Aikido, and Asian culture.
The open road was to become both his home and monastery.
Santoka lived his life in the Zen hermit poetic tradition of Japan that includes Matsuo Basho, Ryokan, and Saigyo Hoshi. "Mountain Tasting" gathers together a wide cross section of Haiku with a selection of the diaries of the wandering Japanese poet Santoka (1882--1940)
