Essays in Idleness and Hojoki-Fast Shipping

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Two of the most important Buddhist tracts from Japan

A Penguin Classic

Bothof these works on life’s fleeting pleasures are by Buddhist monks frommedieval Japan, but each represents a different worldview. In Essays in Idleness,his lively and sometimes ribald collection of anecdotes, advice, andobservations, Kenko displays his fascination with earthly matters. Inthe short memoir Hojoki, or The Ten Foot Square Hut, however, Chomei recounts his decision to withdraw from worldly affairs and live as a hermit.

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