martes, 24 de enero de 2012

Los haikus de Bashô y el Zen




Robert Aitken (1917-2010) figura entre los primeros y más certeros referentes del Zen en Estados Unidos. Es autor de importantes libros como El dragón que nunca duerme, Curso básico para la práctica del Zen, La mente del trébol y Un maestro Zen llamado Cuervo. Como buen mordido por el Zen, Aitken se detuvo en la lectura del haiku y en la observación de sus mayores poetas, entre ellos Matsuo Bashô, en cuyos textos se apoyó para escribir Una ola Zen.
El Grupo Zen Viento del Sur y la Fundación Maitreya presentan este libro el próximo martes 31 de enero a las 19.30 horas en el Jardín del Budismo Mahayana, calle Melián 2171, en Buenos Aires. Participarán Daniel Terragno, Hugo Mujica y yo mismo.

Detalles de la obra:
Título: Una ola Zen. Los haikus de Bashô y el Zen
Autor: Robert Aitken
Viento del Sur Ediciones, Buenos Aires
Precio: $65
Para pedir su ejemplar, pueden comunicarse a:
sangha@zen-vientodelsur.com.ar
(011) 4704-6913

Gary Snyder, poeta norteamericano de la beat generation, quien vivió en Kioto más o menos hasta los años en que llegué a vivir allí (la editorial porteña Gog y Magog publicó en 2010 un hermoso librito suyo), pudo decir lo siguiente: "Robert Aitken ha dado charlas sobre los haiku de Bashō que van directo al centro mismo de la obra del magistral poeta japonés. Este libro comparte esas charlas con todos nosotros: ilumina los ángulos y rincones de soledad y comunidad, sencillez y belleza; en el hogareño y a la vez sin hogar camino del zen. Es un espléndido libro sobre Bashō, la vida real y la poesía, todo en uno. Estoy agradecido".

Concuerdo con Gary Snyder: zazen y poesía bien pueden llegar a ser las dos piernas de un mismo caminar por la vida. Y es la vida la que nos va indicando cómo caminamos: si renqueantes o tambaleando, si seguros, si erguidos, si más o menos orientados. Con el tiempo el andar puede ir mejorando.

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