Staff Pick
Gary Snyder is a student of Buddha and Thoreau. Enclosed in The Practice of the Wild are nine essays on habitat, ecology, their interconnectedness, and an attempt to inspire our involvement in general care. The first ecosystem is the heart — our consciousness — and so long as it's covered up, the outside world will reflect how we treat ourselves. Perhaps Synder is attempting to illicit an awakening of our compassion and attention beyond ourselves by surveying the language, history and causality of the wild or perhaps he's just following his teachers in appreciating solitary contemplation, the beautiful world, and peaceful living. Recommended By Dana S., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
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The nine captivatingly meditative essays in The Practice of the Wild display the deep understanding and wide erudition of Gary Snyder in the ways of Buddhist belief, wildness, wildlife, and the world. These essays, first published in 1990, stand as the mature centerpiece of Snyder's work and thought, and this profound collection is widely accepted as one of the central texts on wilderness and the interaction of nature and culture.
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"This is an important book for anyone interested in the ethical interrelationships of things, places, and people, and it is a book that is not just read but taken in." --Library Journal
Featuring a new introduction by Robert Hass, the nine captivatingly meditative essays in The Practice of the Wild display the deep understanding and wide erudition of Gary Snyder in the ways of Buddhist belief, wildness, wildlife, and the world. These essays, first published in 1990, stand as the mature centerpiece of Snyder's work and thought, and this profound collection is widely accepted as one of the central texts on wilderness and the interaction of nature and culture.
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A collection of captivatingly meditative essays that display a deep understanding of Buddhist belief, wildness, wildlife, and the world from an American cultural force. With thoughts ranging from political and spiritual matters to those regarding the environment and the art of becoming native to this continent, the nine essays in The Practice of the Wild display the deep understanding and wide erudition of Gary Snyder. These essays, first published in 1990, stand as the mature centerpiece of Snyder's work and thought, and this profound collection is widely accepted as one of the central texts on wilderness and the interaction of nature and culture.