Zen Baggage
A Pilgrimage to China
$34.71
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
13 January 2010
Summary
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 ha…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781582435404 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1582435405 |
| Author: | Bill Porter |
| Publisher: | Counterpoint |
| Imprint: | Counterpoint |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 13 January 2010 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 228mm x 152mm |
| Series: | Counterpoint |
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Critics Review
Winner of the 2018 Thornton Wilder Prize for Translation
“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
About The Author
Bill Porter
Bill Porter (aka “Red Pine”) is widely recognized as one of the world’s preeminent translators of Chinese poetry and religious texts; he assumes the pen name “Red Pine” for his translations.Writing as Red Pine, he was the first translator to ever translate the entirety of Han-shan’s oeurve into English, published as The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain. Red Pine was also the first to translate into English the entirely of The Poems of the Masters. He has also translated several of the major Buddhist sutras, including the Heart Sutra, Diamond Sutra, and Platform Sutra.
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