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Basho's Narrow Road to the Interior
Analytical Essay # 4052
Basho's Narrow Road to the Interior
The following essay is a discussion on Zen Buddhism with specific reference to Basho's travel diary entries.
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2001
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This essay discusses Buddhism by looking at Basho?s travel diary entries, or stations which contain a haiku poem . The writer reflects on the flashes of enlightenment, called kensho, which are intense forms of those everyday occurrences that surprise us because they seem to reveal a truth.From the paper:
?Haiku is a momentary, condensed poetic form and its special quality is that it is perfectly adapted to give the reader that little instant of kensho insight. Each of Basho?s travel diary entries, or stations, contain a haiku poem, an enigmatic ?kensho.? Each haiku becomes a little burst of awakening.?
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"Basho's Narrow Road to the Interior" 10 February 2012. Web. 13 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Analytical-Essay-Basho's-Narrow-Road-to-the-Interior/4052>
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