# The Poetry of Enlightenment

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- Book: [The Poetry of Enlightenment](https://www.bookquiver.com/chan-master-sheng-yen/the-poetry-of-enlightenment) ([The Poetry of Enlightenment.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/chan-master-sheng-yen/the-poetry-of-enlightenment.md))
- Authors: [Chan Master Sheng Yen](https://www.bookquiver.com/chan-master-sheng-yen)
- Publisher: shambhala
- ISBN: 978-15-9030-399-3
- Pages: 112
- Published: 2006-10-10
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

For the masters of the Chan tradition, poetry was a form of creative expression, but even more than that, it was a primary vehicle for teaching. Here a modern master presents ten teaching poems from the...