Four Sufferings, The
shiku hakku
- Publisher
- Mawenzi House Publishers Ltd.
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2020
- Category
- Canadian, General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781774150177
- Publish Date
- Oct 2020
- List Price
- $20.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781774150184
- Publish Date
- Oct 2020
- List Price
- $11.99
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Description
Shiku hakku in Japanese means to endure, an expression that originates in Buddhism. This collection links Terry Watada's past and present while acknowledging the fundamental suffering of human existence--in birth, aging, illness, and death--and the suffering endured in daily living--common frustrations, desire, separation. But at the same time it celebrates love, and in the end seeks an enlightened state of acceptance. Rise above life's hardships and rejoice in the state of life is the overall theme of this collection.
About the author
Terry Watada is the author of numerous books of history, fiction, and poetry, including Daruma Days, Ten Thousand Views of Rain, Seeing the Invisible, and Bukkyo Tozen: A History of Buddhism in Canada. His latest poetry book is Obon: The Festival Of the Dead. He lives in Toronto.