Red Pine: 3 books
Finding Them Gone
Visiting China's Poets of the Past
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
"A travel writer with a cult following."-The New York Times "There are very few westerners who could successfully cover so much territory in China, but Porter pulls it off. Finding Them Gone uniquely draws upon his parallel careers as a translator and a travel writer in ways that his previous books...
by Red Pine
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2005
The Heart Sutra is Buddhism in a nutshell. It has had the most profound and wide-reaching influence of any text in Buddhism. This short text covers more of the Buddha’s teachings than any other scripture, and it does so without being superficial or hurried. Although the original author is unknown,...
Road to Heaven
Encounters with Chinese Hermits
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2009
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,...