{"product_id":"9781462908981","title":"Gleanings in Buddha Field: Studies of Hand and Soul in the Far East","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis classic text about Buddhism in Japan by Lafcadio Hearn—on of the first Westerns to write about Japan—will be of great interests to scholars and Japanophiles alike.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLafcadio Hearn's books continue to charm and captivate readers, as the exotic subjects about which he wrote charmed and captivated him. Gleanings In Buddha-Fields presents more Hearn magic as he enters into the spirit of Buddhism as though he were born into it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHearn says that if he were a god, dwelling in some old Izumo shrine on the summit of a hill, then \"as air to the bird, as water to the fish, so would all substance be permeable to the essence of me. I should pass at will into the walls of my dwelling to swim in the long gold bath of a sunbeam, to thrill in the heart of a flower, to ride on the neck of a dragonfly.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe writes of a trip to Kyoto, telling of hazy autumn rice fields, with dragonflies darting over the drooping grain; maples crimsoning above a tremendous gorge; ranges of peaks steeped in morning mist; and a peasant's cottage perched on the verge of some dizzy mountain road.","brand":"Tuttle Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47143781466352,"sku":"9781462908981","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781462908981_p0.jpg?v=1763680195","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781462908981","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}