Comment on “Symbiotic nurture between literature, culture and nature in Gary Snyder’s Meta-Picto-Poetry of landscape”

Abstract

Bi (2023) primarily examines Gary Snyder's poems through the lens of Chinese culture, aiming to highlight the ideological depth that connects his work with Chinese cultural influences.Deeply influenced by Zen thought, Snyder's creation is rooted in his profound study and practice of Zen Buddhism, which forms the ideological foundation for his creative process and artistic thinking. This influence is notably apparent in his early translations of Cold Mountain Poems.Zen philosophy emphasizes achieving a state of "no-self " and "emptiness," where the "heart" gives rise to the "law," and the "heart" creates the "environment." However, the essence of the heart is emptiness, rendering all worldly phenomena illusory and unreal. Therefore, the external world perceived by the "heart" is both existent and non-existent, and "non-existence" is its essence while "existence" is its illusion. All things and phenomena