Book Road To Heaven: Encounters With Chinese Hermits Pdf ISBN-10 1582435235, ISBN-13 978-1582435

Road To Heaven: Encounters With Chinese Hermits

By autor: Bill Porter
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In 1989, Bill Porter, having spent much of his life studying and translating Chinese religious and philosophical texts, began to wonder if the Buddhist hermit tradition still existed in China. At the time, it was believed that the Cultural Revolution had dealt a lethal blow to all religions in China, destroying countless temples and shrines, and forcibly returning thousands of monks and nuns to a ...

Paperback: 220 pages
Publisher: Counterpoint (September 29, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1582435235
ISBN-13: 978-1582435237
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
Amazon Rank: 340396
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This is a great book about Taoist and Buddhist hermits living in the mountains of China after the Cultural Revolution. In 1989, the author trudged the mountains of China searching for hermits, and he found many monks and nuns living a solitary contem...

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t when Porter travels to the Chungnan mountains — the historical refuge of ancient hermits — he discovers that the hermit tradition is very much alive, as dozens of monks and nuns continue to lead solitary lives in quiet contemplation of their faith deep in the mountains.Part travelogue, part history, part sociology, and part religious study, this record of extraordinary journeys to an unknown China sheds light on a phenomenon unparalleled in the West. Porter’s discovery is more than a revelation, and uncovers the glimmer of hope for the future of religion in China.