Review: A Heart-Opening Poem For the Spiritual Soul!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 7, 2012
Spirituality has always been something I have enjoyed to explore and discover within myself and I have been looking for different ancient old and fascinating material on the topic. I find it astonishing that there are thousands of years old material left on earth that can be found, translated and experienced by reading it and taking its meaning to one's heart.Recently, I have become interested in the way of Zen which can be found in Buddhism and the Hsin Hsin Ming inscription is supposed to be one of the oldest Chinese poems about the Buddhist mind training practice. And I must say, that this is, by far, one of the best translations of the poem that I have come across.As a translator myself, I understand the difficulties in translating something and still keep its meant meaning intact. This gets even harder when you are about to translate something such as a poem, and think about it, from the ancient past of China!! Mr. Waller does a great job of translating every phrase carefully in the Hsin Hsin Ming inscription, without losing touch with its supposed deep meaning.The poem itself is a pleasure for my heart and soul to experience. I grasp the essential meaning of Zen now and more about what it means to be following the Buddhism traditions as a whole. I showed this for one of my religious friends and they absolutely loved it! One of my friends, after reading this poem, is seriously considering to convert to Buddhism.It's really that amazingly powerful poem. So, I highly recommend this short book to anyone who loves to be affected and touched by the power of words. The power behind the words in this poem cannot be measured, it's unmeasurable and my mind, heart and soul has been enlightened to unlimited heights. I know it may sound silly, but I guess it just comes to show how much I really enjoyed this poem. :-)Just do it, just read it! You won't regret it!!