"Having translated The Diamond Sutra and The Heart Sutra, and following with The Platform Sutra, Red Pine now turns his attention to perhaps the greatest Sutra of all. The Lankavatara Sutra is the holy grail of Zen. Zen's First Patriarch, Bodhidharma, gave a copy of this text to…
"Bill Porter has been one of the most prolific translators of Chinese texts, while also developing into a travel writer with a cult following."--The New York Times "Red Pine's out-of-the-mainstream work is canny and clearheaded, and it has immeasurably enhanced Zen/Taoist litera…
Translator and independent scholar Bill Porter, also known by his Chinese name, Red Pine, takes a fast-paced pilgrimage to China during which he pays homage to dozens of China's greatest poets by visiting their graves, or trying to, and performing idiosynchractic rituals with sm…
In the Spring of 2006, Bill Porter (better known as Red Pine) traveled through the heart of China, from Beijing to Hong Kong, on a pilgrimage to sites associated with the six patriarchs of Zen. This is an account of that journey. He weaves together historical background, intervi…
Verslag van een zoektocht naar Chinese monniken die zich als kluizenaar uit de maatschappij hebben teruggetrokken.
The author recounts his search for, and encounters with, hermits living in the mountains of China and discusses the history of the hermit tradition in China.
