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Showing posts with label Zhongnan Mountains. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zhongnan Mountains. Show all posts
Thursday, 15 November 2018

Good Video: Summoning the Recluse

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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. ...
Thursday, 18 October 2018

The Mountain Wins Again

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I recently happened upon an interesting moment in Season 6, Episode 4, of Gimlet Media's Startup podcast. (Transcript here ; downloa...
Thursday, 11 January 2018

Himalayan Hermits

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I recently came upon this photo on Wikimedia Commons. According to the uploader, one Pranav Kumar: "If you leave the well worn pat...
Thursday, 27 September 2012

Good Book: Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits

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In Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits , Bill Porter writes:    "Throughout Chinese history, there    have always bee...
Thursday, 12 July 2012

Ancestor Path Kyôsaku

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no forests, no deadfall; no deadfall, no firewood; no firewood, no tea; no tea, no meditation; no meditation, no hermits. Bill Por...
Tuesday, 29 May 2012

Arrogance Kyôsaku

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"Practice is like candy. People like different kinds. But it's just candy. The Dharma is empty." Hsu-tung (Quoted...
Thursday, 24 February 2011

Good Movie: Amongst White Clouds

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