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Poets in the Buddhist Tradition

Adyashanti (1962 - )
Matsuo Basho (1644 - 1694)
  Hogen Bays (Contemporary)
Buson (1716 - 1784)
  Jusammi Chikako (14th Century)
Eihei Dogen (1200 - 1253)
Feng-kan (Big Stick) (750? - 850?)
Gorakhnath (10th Century)
  Chone Lama Lodro Gyatso (1816 - 1900?)
  Kelsang Gyatso (1708 - 1757)
Hakuin (1686 - 1768)
  Kuan Han-Ch'ing (1240 - 1320)
Han-shan (Cold Mountain) (730? - 850?)
Thich Nhat Hanh (1929 - )
  Meng Hao-jan (689 - 740)
Jane Hirshfield (Contemporary)
  Hsuan Chueh of Yung Chia / Yoka Genkaku (665 - 713)
  Hui K'o (4th Century)
  Hung-chih Cheng-chueh (1091 - 1157)
Ikkyu (Ikkyu Sojun) (1394 - 1481)
Kobayashi Issa (1763 - 1828)
Jakushitsu (1290 - 1367)
  Chiao Jan (730 - 799)
Jack Kerouac (1922 - 1969)
Ko Un (1933 - )
Taizan Maezumi Roshi (1931 - 1995)
Marpa (Marpa Lotsawa) (1012 - 1097)
  Masahide (1657? - 1723)
Yuan Mei (1716 - 1798)
W. S. Merwin (1927 - )
Milarepa (1052 - 1135)
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche (Contemporary)
Nagarjuna (150? - 250?)
Naropa (1016 - 1100)
  Nukata (638? - 710?)
P'ang Yun (Layman P'ang) (740? - 808)
Patrul Rinpoche (1808 - 1887)
  Po Chu-i (772 - 846)
  Longchen Rabjampa (1308 - 1363)
Ryokan (1758 - 1831)
  Ryuzan (1274 - 1358)
Saraha (8th Century)
  Seng-Ts'an (520? - 606?)
Shabkar (Shabkar Tsogdruk Rangdrol) (1781 - 1851)
  Shih Shu (1660? - 1740?)
  Shih-te (Pickup) (780? - 850?)
  Izumi Shikibu (974? - 1034?)
Gary Snyder (1930 - )
Muso Soseki (1275 - 1351)
Natsume Soseki (1867 - 1916)
T'ao Ch'ien (365 - 427)
  Shinkichi Takahashi (20th Century)
Tilopa (988 - 1069)
  Karma Trinley (1456 - 1539)
Chogyam Trungpa (1939 - 1987)
Yeshe Tsogyel (8th Century)
Tsoknyi Rinpoche (Ngawang Tsoknyi Gyatso) (1966 - )
  Tu Fu (712 - 770)
  Tung-Shan (Tozan) (806 - 869)
Morihei Ueshiba (1883 - 1969)
Wang Wei (699? - 761)
  Wu Men (Hui-k'ai) (1183 - 1260)
  Yamei (17th Century)
  Yung-ming Yen-shou (904 - 975)
Hsu Yun (1839 - 1959)

Recommended Books

Beneath a Single Moon: Buddhism in Contemporary American Poetry, Edited by Kent Johnson / Edited by Craig Paulenich
Call Me by My True Names: The Collected Poems of Thich Nhat Hanh, by Thich Nhat Hanh
The Clouds Should Know Me By Now: Buddhist Poet Monks of China, Edited by Red Pine
The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain, Translated by Red Pine
A Drifting Boat: Chinese Zen Poetry, Edited by J. P. Seaton / Edited by Dennis Maloney
The Poetry of Zen: (Shambhala Library), Edited by Sam Hamill / Edited by J. P. Seaton
The Shambhala Anthology of Chinese Poetry, Edited by J. P. Seaton
Songs of Spiritual Experience: Tibetan Buddhist Poems of Insight & Awakening, Translated by Thupten Jinpa / Translated by Jas Elsner
Sunflower Splendor: Three Thousand Years of Chinese Poetry, Edited by Wu-chi Liu / Edited by Irving Yucheng Lo
The Zen Poetry of Dogen: Verses from the Mountain of Eternal Peace, by Steven Heine

Related Links:

  DharmaNet International
http://www.dharmanet.org/

Lots of Buddhist links, list of Dharma teachers, centers
  BuddhaNet - Worldwide Buddhist Information and Education Network
http://www.buddhanet.net/

An immense site with many Buddhist resources: on-line tests, links, and many articles. Worth exploring.
  The Clouds Should Know Me By Now
http://www.yakrider.com/Resources/excerpts/theclouds.htm

Excerpts from the introduction of The Clouds Should Know Me By Now: Buddhist Poet Monks of China. Several excellent poems, as well.
  Dharma Podcasts
http://www.dharmapodcasts.org/

A good list of several Buddhist podcasts. If you want to hear Dharma talks online, visit this site.
  Spiritual and Devotional Poets - Poet Seers
http://www.poetseers.org/spiritual_and_devotional_poets/

This site has many good selections from Buddhist and Chinese poets. Worth exploring.
 


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