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title: "Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits"
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# Authentic mountain hermit journeys Deep dive into Taoism & Zen Rare Buddhist & Taoist insights Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits

**Price:** ₱2590
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## Summary

> 🕉️ Journey beyond the ordinary—discover China’s secret spiritual legacy

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- **What is this?** Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits
- **How much does it cost?** ₱2590 with free shipping
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## Key Features

- • **Highly Rated:** 4.6/5 stars from 192 thoughtful readers
- • **Collector’s Gem:** Used book in good condition with a cult following (#102 Tao Te Ching)
- • **Philosophical Depth:** Gain rare insights into Taoism, Buddhism, and Zen practices
- • **Authentic Travelogue:** Experience remote Chungnan mountains through vivid storytelling
- • **Explore Hidden Traditions:** Uncover the living hermit culture post-Cultural Revolution

## Overview

Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits is a compelling exploration by Bill Porter into the survival of Buddhist and Taoist hermit traditions in modern China. Blending travelogue, history, and religious study, this used book offers millennial professionals a rare window into contemplative lives hidden in the Chungnan mountains, backed by strong reader acclaim and a top ranking in Taoist literature.

## Description

A preeminent translator of Chinese poetry and Buddhist texts explores the traditions of Chinese hermits in the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution. A fascinating slice of Chinese life for armchair travelers--with insights into the history of Taoism, Buddhism, and Zen in modern China. 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.

## Features

- Used Book in Good Condition

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #233,618 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #102 in Tao Te Ching (Books) #117 in Taoism (Books) #156 in Taoist Philosophy |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 192 Reviews |

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