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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Porter, Bill, 1943- author, photographer.     Subjects     Porter, Bill, 1943- -- Travel -- China.     Buddhist hermits -- China -- History -- 20th century.     Taoists -- China -- History -- 20th century.     Buddhist hermits -- China -- Interviews.     Taoists -- China -- Interviews.     Religion and sociology -- China.     China -- Religious life and customs.     China -- Description and travel.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Porter, Bill, 1943- author, photographer.       by title:      Road to heaven : enc...         MARC Display

Road to heaven : encounters with Chinese hermits / Bill Porter ; photographs by Steven R. Johnson and the author. by Porter, Bill, 1943- author, photographer. Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint, [2009] Subjects Porter, Bill, 1943- -- Travel -- China.   Buddhist hermits -- China -- History -- 20th century.   Taoists -- China -- History -- 20th century.   Buddhist hermits -- China -- Interviews.   Taoists -- China -- Interviews.   Religion and sociology -- China.   China -- Religious life and customs.   China -- Description and travel. ISBN:  9781582435237 (paperback) : 1582435235 (paperback) Description:  viii, 220 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm Contents:  Hermit heaven -- Mountains of the moon -- If the world is muddy -- On the trail of the Tao -- Sound of the crane -- Road to heaven -- Cloud people -- The bird that is a mountain -- Crossing heartbreak ridge -- Home of the evening star -- Visiting Wang Wei, finding him gone -- When the Tao comes to town. Requests:  0 Summary:  "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 lay life. But 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"--Publisher's website.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 299.51092 Po Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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