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Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits |
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Porter, Bill=波特, 比爾
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Johnson, Steven R.
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Porter, Bill=波特, 比爾
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| Date | 2009.09.29 |
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| Pages | 240 |
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| Publisher | Counterpoint Press |
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http://www.counterpointpress.com/
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| Location | Washington, DC, US [華盛頓, 哥倫比亞特區, 美國] |
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| Content type | 書籍=Book |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Keyword | hermits; chinese; encounters; heaven; road |
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| Abstract | 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.
1989年，比爾波特後，花了一生學習和翻譯中的宗教和哲學的文本，開始懷疑佛教在中國隱士傳統仍然存在。當時，有人認為，文革已經處理一致命性打擊，在中國各宗教，摧毀了無數的寺廟和神社，並強行遣返數千名僧侶和尼姑，以一個世俗的生活。但是，當波特來到了中南山 - 古代隱士的歷史避難 - 他發現的隱士傳統是十分活躍，為僧侶和尼姑帶領數十繼續他們的信仰在深山裡安靜的沉思孤獨的生活。遊記部分，第一部分歷史的一部分，社會學，宗教研究的一部分，這非同尋常的旅程記錄一個未知的中國在西方棚無與倫比的光現象。波特的發現更是超過一個啟示，並揭示了宗教在中國未來的一線希望。 |
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| ISBN | 9781582435237 (pbk); 1582435235 (pbk) |
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| Hits | 606 |
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| Created date | 2010.02.05 |
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