CONTENTS

THE UPANISHADS (8TH?–5TH? CENTURY B.C.E)

THE BOOK OF PSALMS (8TH?–3RD? CENTURY B.C.E.)

LAO-TZU (~71?–B?. c.E.)

THE BHAGAVAD GITA (5TH?–2ND? CENTURY B.c.E.)

CHUANG-TZU (369?–2.86? B.C.E.)

THE ODES OF SOLOMON (1ST OA 2ND CENTURY)

SENG-TS’AN (?– 606)

HAN-SHAN (FL. 617–649)

LI PO (701–762)

TU FU (712–770)

LAYM AN P’ANG (C. 740–808)

KŪKAI(774–835)

TUNG-SHAN(807–869)

SYMEON THE NEW THEOLOGIAN (949–1022)

IZUMI SHI KIBU (974–1034)

SU TUNG-P’O (1036–1101)

HILDEGARD OF BINGEN (1098–1179)

FRANICS OF ASSISI (1182–1126)

WU-MEN (1183–1260)

DOGEN (1200–1253)

RUMI (1207–1273)

MECHTHILD OF MAGDEBURG (1210– 12197)

DANTE (1265– 1321)

KARIR (1440– 1518)

MIRABAI (C.1498–1546)

WI LLIAM SHA KESPEARE (1564– 1616)

GEORGE HERBERT (1593 – 1633)

BUNAN (1603 – 1676)

GENSEL (1613 – 1668)

ANGELUS SJLES IUS (1614 – 1671)

THOMAS TRAHERNE (1637–1674)

BASHŌ (1644–1694)

WILLIAM BLAKE (1757–1827)

RYŌKAN (1758–1831)

ISSA(1763–1827)

CHALIP (1797–1869)

BIBI HAYATI (?–1853)

WALT WHITMAN (1819–1892)

EMILY DICKINSON (1830–1886)

GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS (1844–1889)

UVAVNUK (MID-19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY)

ANONYMOUS NAVAHO (19TH – 20TH CENTURY)

W.B. YEATS (1865–1939)

ANTONIO MACHADO (1875–1939)

RAINER MARIA RILKE (1875–1926)

WALLACE STEVENS (1879 – 1955)

D. H. LAWRENCE (1885– 1930)

ROBINSON JEFFERS (1887– 196.1)

BIOGRAPHICAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

A NOTE ON THE TRANSLATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Books by Stephen Mitchell

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