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Bardo
Late Psalm takes themes from those ancient songs of joy and grief and transposes them into the language of contemporary life.
- GenresPoetry
112 pages, Paperback
First published September 24, 1998
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September 14, 2010
I enjoyed the 2nd half of this book better than the first, by magnitudes. Someday I will re-read the book and see if this impression holds.
April 1, 2013
Once I learned in the preface what the term "bardo" meant, it all made sense: "Bardo is Tibetan for the Buddhist state of in-between, when the soul is between death and rebirth. According to Paola's prolog, the soul is tempted away from nirvana into reincarnation, synonymous with suffering. A reformed heroin addict, Paola has passed from the bardo of unremembering into the pain of consciousness, and her considerable descriptive powers are infused with both pain and delight."
The poems are awesome with a fresh outlook from the soul of a person who's tripped from total pleasure to total reality. An inspiring book of poetry which, of course, will lead me to studying more about bardo.
I'm eager to read: "Transcending Madness: The Experience of the Six Bardos (Dharma Ocean Series) by Chogyam Trungpa"
The poems are awesome with a fresh outlook from the soul of a person who's tripped from total pleasure to total reality. An inspiring book of poetry which, of course, will lead me to studying more about bardo.
I'm eager to read: "Transcending Madness: The Experience of the Six Bardos (Dharma Ocean Series) by Chogyam Trungpa"
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September 14, 2009Positively stunning. I return to this book often.
June 25, 2015
Kinda melancholy.
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