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From 1966 to 1976 the malevolent rage of the Chinese Cultural Revolution struck a devastating blow to all religions in China, destroying countless temples and shrines that had stood for centuries and forcibly returning thousands of monks and nuns to lay life. Bill Porter had been told that the venerable hermetic tradition in China had also succumbed, but he went looking anyway. What he found, Taoist and Buddhist monks and nuns living in huts and caves deep in the mountains of central China, is more than a revelation, it is a glimmer of hope for the future of religion in China.
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Porter, a Hong Kong-based writer whose previous books were published under the pen name Red Pine ( The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma ), lived in a Taiwanese monastery for three years in the 1970s and later translated works of some Chinese hermits long admired for their virtue. When travel to China opened up in the late 1980s, Porter began to search for hermits who might have survived under years of communism. His story is unusual, but his "encounters"--actually, brief interviews--produce not subtle observations but statements of gnomic profundity: " . . . the Tao is empty. It can't be explained." Still, Porter showed undeniable bravery as he trekked through the Chungnan Mountains in central China to interview more than 20 male and female hermits. Some hermits are circumspect about politics, having suffered under the Cultural Revolution, while others, like an 85-year-old monk who had lived in a cave for 50 years, are oblivious to the political changes. Porter's historical and literary reflections show sensitivity to his subject, but this book seems aimed only at those interested in such spiritual quests. Some of the photographs are starkly spectacular.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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From 1966 to 1976 the malevolent rage of the Chinese Cultural Revolution struck a devastating blow to all religions in China, destroying countless temples and shrines that had stood for centuries and forcibly returning thousands of monks and nuns to lay life. Bill Porter had been told that the venerable hermetic tradition in China had also succumbed, but he went looking anyway. What he found, Taoist and Buddhist monks and nuns living in huts and caves deep in the mountains of central China, is more than a revelation, it is a glimmer of hope for the future of religion in China.
From Publishers Weekly
Porter, a Hong Kong-based writer whose previous books were published under the pen name Red Pine ( The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma ), lived in a Taiwanese monastery for three years in the 1970s and later translated works of some Chinese hermits long admired for their virtue. When travel to China opened up in the late 1980s, Porter began to search for hermits who might have survived under years of communism. His story is unusual, but his "encounters"--actually, brief interviews--produce not subtle observations but statements of gnomic profundity: " . . . the Tao is empty. It can't be explained." Still, Porter showed undeniable bravery as he trekked through the Chungnan Mountains in central China to interview more than 20 male and female hermits. Some hermits are circumspect about politics, having suffered under the Cultural Revolution, while others, like an 85-year-old monk who had lived in a cave for 50 years, are oblivious to the political changes. Porter's historical and literary reflections show sensitivity to his subject, but this book seems aimed only at those interested in such spiritual quests. Some of the photographs are starkly spectacular.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Throughout Chinese history, there have always been people who preferred to spend their lives in the mountains, getting by on less, sleeping under thatch, wearing old clothes, working the higher slopes, not talking much, writing even less-maybe a few poems, a recipe or two. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Pure Land, Cultural Revolution, Wang Wei, Red Guards, Chingyeh Temple, Ch'u Yuan, First Emperor, Chu-ko Liang, Chuan Chen, Big Goose Pagoda, Wei River, Yellow River, Empty Cloud, Feng River, Heartbreak Bridge, Hermit Heaven, Liu Pang, Master Hsieh, Master Hsueh, South Peak, Hong Kong, Hsingchiao Temple, Chang Liang, East Peak, Emperor Wen New!
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Throughout Chinese history, there have always been people who preferred to spend their lives in the mountains, getting by on less, sleeping under thatch, wearing old clothes, working the higher slopes, not talking much, writing even less-maybe a few poems, a recipe or two. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
main shrine hall, hermit tradition, dragon spine, shrine halls, eight immortals Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Pure Land, Cultural Revolution, Wang Wei, Red Guards, Chingyeh Temple, Ch'u Yuan, First Emperor, Chu-ko Liang, Chuan Chen, Big Goose Pagoda, Wei River, Yellow River, Empty Cloud, Feng River, Heartbreak Bridge, Hermit Heaven, Liu Pang, Master Hsieh, Master Hsueh, South Peak, Hong Kong, Hsingchiao Temple, Chang Liang, East Peak, Emperor Wen New!
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- The Mountain Poems of Stonehouse by Stonehouse in Back Matter
- The Origins of Chinese Civilization (Studies on China) by David N. Keightley on page 20
- Guide to Capturing a Plum Blossom (Mercury House Neglected Literary Classics) (Mandarin_chinese Edition) by Po-Jen Sung in Back Matter
- Encyclopedia of Religion Vol 4 Conc - Ecol by Mircea Eliade on page 18
- Buddhism in Chinese History by Arthur Wright on page 9
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- When I Find You Again, It Will Be in Mountains by Mike O'Connor in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Value Of Solitude: The Ethics And Spirituality Of Aloneness In Autobiography by John D. Barbour in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Present Moment: Meditations on the Practice of Contemplation by James R. Fowler in Back Matter
- Chögyam Trungpa: His Life and Vision by Fabrice Midal on page 227
- Opening a Mountain: Koans of the Zen Masters by Steven Heine in Front Matter
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