Some of the dharma

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o-o-o-o^-o from some of the dharma
O When you've finished reading this book you will have had a glimpse of everything, presented
in the way that everything comes in piecemeal bombardments, continuously, rat tat tatting the pure pictureless liquid of Mind essence.
0 That bird: A loud newcomer in an old tree
0 I am a member of the BEATIFIC GENERATION
O And this late light that is falling over the woods and the fields, the quiet swish of the mule's tail and right beside it the little black lump of the pig muzzling at the tin trough—
O WRITING NOTE: The secret of writing is in the rhythm of urgency . . .
O Drinking heavily, you abandon people—and they abandon you—and you abandon yourself—It's a form of partial self murder but too sad to go all the way
O 18 is the intelligent age to teach the Dharma—at 18 kids are plain smart
O IN MY WRiTING-LIFE:-Is the Duluoz Legend a repetition in many words of self-evident themes, details? or is it a great teaching of pity via the prose... Tovább

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o-o-o-o^-o from some of the dharma
O When you've finished reading this book you will have had a glimpse of everything, presented
in the way that everything comes in piecemeal bombardments, continuously, rat tat tatting the pure pictureless liquid of Mind essence.
0 That bird: A loud newcomer in an old tree
0 I am a member of the BEATIFIC GENERATION
O And this late light that is falling over the woods and the fields, the quiet swish of the mule's tail and right beside it the little black lump of the pig muzzling at the tin trough—
O WRITING NOTE: The secret of writing is in the rhythm of urgency . . .
O Drinking heavily, you abandon people—and they abandon you—and you abandon yourself—It's a form of partial self murder but too sad to go all the way
O 18 is the intelligent age to teach the Dharma—at 18 kids are plain smart
O IN MY WRiTING-LIFE:-Is the Duluoz Legend a repetition in many words of self-evident themes, details? or is it a great teaching of pity via the prose study of events in their dharmakaya light in the only story I know completely—?
O "They know not what they do" is a universal world truth
0 SUCCESS AND FAILURE ARE BOTH HUMILIATING O (
0 The ecstasy of that last night in the Carolina Woods at 1 am when the Lord
told me "Everything's Alright Forever & Forever & Forever," and my hair stood up on end with remembrance of the Blessed Origin of all things
O —Soon they'll invent microscopes so powerful they'll begin to discover that life is empty.
O Duluoz Legend—every bit of it was real—and who cares?
0 If you don't heed the cries of a dog on a chain, how do you expect God to heed your cries?
ISBN 0-670-84877-8
O What am I to do? Staff Aieafce
O My life is a pussywillow puff of the Fall—
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It V I.i
"Kerouac's work represents the most extensive experiment in language and literary form undertaken by an American writer of his generation."
—^Ann Douglas, The New York Times Book Review
Written during a critical period of his life,
Some of the Dharma is a key volume in Jack Kerouac's vast autobiographical canon. He began writing it in 1953 as reading notes on Buddhism intended for his friend, poet Allen Ginsberg. As Kerouac's Buddhist study and meditation practice intensified, what had begun as notes evolved into a vast and all-encompass-ing work of nonfiction into which he poured his life, incorporating poems, haiku, prayers, journal entries, meditations, fragments of letters, ideas about writing, overheard conversations, sketches, blues, and more. The final manuscript, completed in 1956, was as visually complex as the writing: each page was unique, typed in patterns and interlocking shapes. The elaborate form which Kerouac so painstakingly gave the book on his manual typewriter is re-created in this typeset facsimile.
Kerouac's first novel. The Town and the City, was published in 1950. By 1953 he had developed his unique spontaneous prose style, and written five more novels, including On the Road, but New York publishers turned them down. Discouraged, he gave up on the publishing world, turned to Buddhist practice, and, in chronicling it, developed a new nonfiction form. Passionate, playful, ecstatic, filled with humor, insight, beautiful language, sorrow and struggle, Some of the Dharma is a far-ranging and extremely revealing work. Though written at the height of his commitment to Buddhism, it sheds an immense amount of light on Kerouac's entire literary career It is one of his most profound and original works and confirms that Kerouac was not only "on the road" but also "on the Path." Vissza