Zen Baggage (eBook)

Bill Porter (Autor)

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2009
368 Seiten
Counterpoint (Verlag)
978-1-58243-978-5 (ISBN)

Infos

A spiritual travelogue through the birthplace of Zen. In the spring of 2006, Bill Porter traveled through the heart of China, from Beijing to Hong Kong, on a pilgrimage to sites associated with the first six patriarchs of Zen.Zen Baggage is an account of that journey. He weaves together historical background, interviews with Zen masters, and translations of the earliest known records of Zen, along with personal vignettes. Porter's account captures the transformations taking place at religious centers in China but also the abiding legacy they have somehow managed to preserve. Porter brings wisdom and humor to every situation, whether visiting ancient caves containing the most complete collection of Buddhist texts ever uncovered, enduring a six-hour Buddhist ceremony, searching in vain for the ghost in his room, waking up the monk in charge of martial arts at Shaolin Temple, or meeting the abbess of Chinas first Zen nunnery. Porter's previously publishedRoad to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermitshas become recommended reading at Zen centers and universities throughout America and even in China (in its Chinese translation), andZen Baggageis sure to follow suit. ';Porter takes the reader to places far off the tourist track and far from the economic and political frenzy of major cities, traveling on buses and sleeping rough in monasteries. He does it without pedantry or zeal and with some humor.' Library Journal

Autor

Bill Porter (a.k.a. Red Pine), author of Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits, is one of the world's most respected translators of Chinese literature, bringing into English several of China's central religious and literary texts including The Diamond Sutra, Tao Te Ching, Guide to Capturing a Plum Blossom, The Zen Works of Stonehouse, and Collected Songs of Cold Mountain. He is a frequent visitor to China and has spent many years living in Taiwan and Hong Kong. He lives in Port Townsend, Washington.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.3.2009
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
• ISBN-10: 1-58243-978-8 / 1582439788
• ISBN-13: 978-1-58243-978-5 / 9781582439785