Lion's Roar Foundation – 15th Annual Lion's Roar Foundation Auction
Auction Ends: Nov 28, 2021 10:00 PM EST

Books & Print

New World Library: "Three Simple Lines" by Natalie Goldberg

Item Number
226
Estimated Value
23 USD
Sold
30 USD to cja1203f6
Number of Bids
5  -  Bid History

Item Description

 

The successful bidder for this lot will receive the newly released Three Simple Lines: A Writer’s Pilgrimage into the Heart and Homeland of Haiku from Natalie Goldberg and New World Library.

A haiku is three simple lines. But it is also, as Allen Ginsberg put it, three lines that "make the mind leap." A good one, he said, lets the mind experience "a small sensation of space which is nothing less than God." As many spiritual practices seek to do, the haiku’s spare yet acute noticing of the immediate and often ordinary grounds the reader in the pure awareness of now.

Natalie Goldberg is a delightfully companionable tour guide into this world. She highlights the history of the form, dating back to the seventeenth century; shows why masters such as Basho and Issa are so revered; discovers Chiyo-ni, an important woman haiku master; and provides insight into writing and reading haiku. A fellow seeker who travels to Japan to explore the birthplace of haiku, Goldberg revels in everything she encounters, including food and family, painting and fashion, frogs and ponds. She also experiences and allows readers to share in the spontaneous and profound moments of enlightenment and awakening that haiku promises.

New World Library, publisher of "books and audios that inspire and challenge us to improve the quality of our lives and our world", celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2007 buoyed by the continuing success of Eckhart Tolle's The Power of Now and Practicing the Power of Now. In 2001, New World Library worked with the Joseph Campbell Foundation to introduce The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell series.  

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