"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
The Heart Sutra is Buddhism in a nutshell. It has had the most profound and wide-reaching influence of any text in Buddhism. This short text covers more of the Buddha’s teachings than any other
Zen Buddhism is often said to be a practice of mind-to-mind transmission without reliance on texts --in fact, some great teachers forbid their students to read or write. But Buddhism has also inspired
Poetry is China’s greatest art, and for the past eight centuries Poems of the Masters has been that country’s most studied and memorized collection of verse. For the first time ever in English, here i
Literary Nonfiction. Asian & Asian American Studies. Religion and Spirituality. Buddhism. Translated by Red Pine. Empty Bowl is proud to present Red Pine's newest offering: two sutras that record a da
Poetry. East Asia Studies. Translated from the Chinese. Reprinting of the 2nd revised edition, including a new preface and beautiful illustrations. In these translations of the mysterious P'u Ming's w
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
One of the best-selling English-language translations of the Taoteching.?A refreshing new translation. . . . Highly recommended.”?Library Journal?With its clarity and scholarly range, this version of
The Platform Sutra occupies a central place in Zen (Ch’an) Buddhist instruction for students and spiritual seekers worldwide. It is often linked with The Heart Sutra and The Diamond Sutra to fo
A fifth-century Indian Buddhist monk, Bodhidharma is credited with bringing Zen to China. Although the tradition that traces its ancestry back to him did not flourish until nearly two hundred years a
One of the best-selling English-language translations of the Taoteching.?A refreshing new translation. . . . Highly recommended.”?Library Journal?With its clarity and scholarly range, this version of
"The Mountain Poems of Stonehouse [is] a tough-spirited book of enlightened free verse."?Kyoto JournalThe Zen master and mountain hermit Stonehouse?considered one of the greatest Chinese Buddhist poet
Poetry. Asian & Asian American Studies. "In 1312, Stonehouse left Hangchou and moved to the northernmost peak of the Tienmu Mountains. It was only twenty kilometers south of Taochang Temple, where
Presents one hundred fifty poems in Chinese and English translation by a classic eighth-century Chinese poet little known in the West, with explanatory notes accompanying each one.
"It is one of the very first art books which helped artists develop the aptitude for seeing the inner essence of various natural phenomena."?Shambhala Sun"Guide to Capturing a Plum Blossom could fit n
At once profound, spiritual, and witty, Master of the Three Ways is a remarkable work about human nature, the essence of life, and how to live simply and with awareness. In three hundred and fifty-sev
The first book devoted to a critically important aspect of disaster planning, management, and mitigation Technology and Emergency Management, Second Edition describes best practices for technology use
