Influence of Indian Philosophies
1) saṃsāra – Wheel of Birth and Death
rebirth of every living creature
2) karman – act
all that I chose to do: deeds, words, thoughts
each act follows a reaction; even for the next life
sadness, pain – suffering
seek for release
caste system
hierarchical social order
Siddhārtha Gautama
historical Buddh
harming any creature, it can keep to moral behaviour and can gain new awareness. The purpose is reaching nirvāṇa, in literal sense blowing out (the fires of desire, attachment and revulsion), and Buddha suggests the Eightfold Path to find this enlightenment. Buddhist philosophy offers explanations for and analyses of both the Four Truths and the Eightfold Path to enlightenment.
poem, in fact, is a protest against the harm that society causes its children by exploiting them for labor of this kind. In each case the dramatic irony arises from the poet's knowing more or seeing more than the child does, but in each case also the boy's ignorance testifies to his good heart and likable innocence.
The dream in lines 11-20 is obviously a wish-fulfillment dream, though Blake wou
monk and to return to the United States to turn the wheel of the dharma.
During this time, he published Myths & Texts (1960) and Six Sections from Mountains and Rivers Without End (1965). (This last was the beginning of a project that he was to continue working on until the late 1990s.) Much of Snyder’s poetry expresses experiences, environments, and insights involved with the work he has done
poems together.
Both were indifferent
to money and...
neither had ever found
such an attentive listener.
Jules had no girlfriend
but wanted one
Jim had several
He introduced him
to a musician and...
their mutual crush lasted a week
Then came a pretty thing...
who outlasted them
in the cafes till : AM
Then they made a threesome
with a blonde widow
She thought
Jules was nice but dumb...
and found h