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    The dragon and the poet: Illustrated version
    The dragon and the poet: Illustrated version
    The dragon and the poet: Illustrated version
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    The dragon and the poet: Illustrated version

    By Miyazawa Kenji, Francesca Eleuteri and Massimo Cimarelli

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    The tale "The dragon and the poet" by Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933) is the story of the meeting between the poet Suldatta and the dragon Chanata, in a magical atmosphere among poetry challenges, esoteric Buddhism and traditional Japan.
    The author, Miyazawa Kenji, dedicated is tales to children considered by him the only able to understand the universal teaching hidden inside them.
    This version of the eBook "The dragon and the poet" is enriched by seven painting of the italian artist Francesca Eleuteri, painting especially realized by the artist for the tale "The dragon and the poet" and exhibited around Europe.

    From the preface:
    "The purpose of the work of my whole life has been to deliver this holy book in your hands, and make you able to enter the Most Noble Path by contacting the teaching of the Buddha"
    This is the note that on his deathbed Kenji asks his father to write on the copies, addressed to his friends, of the Japanese translation of the Lotus Sūtra. They echo the words of Sakyamuni "... I do what only because they could get the 'One Vehicle of the Buddha and the knowledge of each mode ..."
    The entire life of Miyazawa Kenji is the life of a bodhisattva of shakke, who acts for the good of the people fully utilizing their individual skills, generously devoting their talents to help others and contributing to social progress; Miyazawa wrote in 1914 to his friend Seki Tokuya :"From now on, the art will be the religion, the religion will be the art".
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherVolume Edizioni
    Release dateJul 19, 2013
    ISBN9788897747185
    The dragon and the poet: Illustrated version

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      The dragon and the poet - Miyazawa Kenji

      Credits

      Volume Edizioni

      TITLE

      The dragon and the poet

      ORIGINAL TITLE

      Ryu to shijin (JP)

      Il drago e il poeta (IT)

      AUTHOR

      Miyazawa Kenji

      PREFACE&TRANSLATION

      Massimo Cimarelli

      ILLUSTRATOR

      Francesca Eleuteri

      ISBN

      9788897747185

      First published : July 2013

      © Volume Edizioni s.r.l.

      Volume Edizioni s.r.l.

      Via G. Ricci Curbastro, 7 – 00149 Rome - Italy

      info@volumeedizioni.com

      Cover by: Volume Edizioni  - Painting by Francesca Eleuteri Suldatta,acrylic painting

      Copyright © Volume Edizioni s.r.l.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduce, stored in a retrieval system, or trasmitted, in any form or by any means, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher, the copy buyed is only for the personal use of the buyer, any violation can be sue according italian penal code (L. 633/1941) .

      Preface

      by Massimo Cimarelli

      The purpose of the work of my whole life has been to deliver this holy book in your hands, and make you able to enter the Most Noble Path by contacting the teaching of the Buddha¹   This is the note that on his deathbed Kenji asks his father to write on the copies, addressed to his friends, of the Japanese translation of the Lotus Sūtra. They echo the words of Sakyamuni ... I do what only because they could get the 'One Vehicle of the Buddha and the knowledge of each mode ...²  The entire life of Miyazawa Kenji is the life of a bodhisattva of shakke³  , who

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