{"product_id":"drifting-skandhas-li-sen-9780648921677","title":"Drifting Skandhas: A Philosophical, Artistic and Literary Commentary on the Heart Sutra","description":"\u003cp\u003eLi Sen's \u003cem\u003eDrifting Skandhas\u003c\/em\u003e is a poetic testimony to an ancient practice essential to our life and times. He writes; \u003cem\u003eWe 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 \u003c\/em\u003e'form is emptiness, emptiness is form', \u003cem\u003ebut the wings of imagery. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe cock crows, drinking in the remnants of the sun.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe cock coos, drinking in fleeting time.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eIts crows are chained together like the peaks of mountains, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e as swarms of incipient rainclouds hanging in the sky. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e(Li Sen)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e From the perspective of contemporary philosophy, art and literature, the author tributes the \u003cem\u003eHeart Sutra\u003c\/em\u003e, one of the most profound sutras in Buddhism. Le Sen has more than thirty years experience in culture and research into Buddhist philosophy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLi Sen created \"drift\" language as the theoretical framework and writing style, with philosophy of poetic prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSales Points\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Contribution by Bill Porter (Red Pine)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Thirty ancient paintings adorn the work \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Replete with footnotes \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Translator; Deng Zhihui\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Testimonial by Doriaan Haarhoff (Ph.D) (author of 20 books) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Li Sen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0648921670\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780648921677\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Heartspace Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.63d","brand":"Li Sen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981970931967,"sku":"9780648921677","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bf4d7117-0709-4504-a55a-7b8e08bcc2d3.jpg?v=1683258546","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/drifting-skandhas-li-sen-9780648921677","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}