Rusty Ring

Last month I posted a story about Jia Ruhan , the Chinese opera and erstwhile pop star whose life has taken a turn for the eremitical. ...

I recently happened upon an interesting moment in Season 6, Episode 4, of Gimlet Media's Startup podcast. (Transcript here ; downloa...

I recently came upon this photo on Wikimedia Commons. According to the uploader, one Pranav Kumar: "If you leave the well worn pat...

In Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits , Bill Porter writes:    "Throughout Chinese history, there    have always bee...

no forests, no deadfall; no deadfall, no firewood; no firewood, no tea; no tea, no meditation; no meditation, no hermits. Bill Por...

"Practice is like candy. People like different kinds. But it's just candy. The Dharma is empty." Hsu-tung (Quoted...

UPDATE (27 September 2012): My review of Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits , the book that inspired this film, can be fo...