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Journey to Inner Peace and Joy: Tracing Contemporary Chinese Hermits

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Journey to Inner Peace and Joy: Tracing Contemporary Chinese Hermits - Blishen, Tony (Translated by), and Zhang, Jianfeng
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In China, the tradition of living as a hermit has existed for 5,000 years and is one of the mysteries of its culture. In the age of the internet hermits still dwell in the mountain ranges south of Xi'an living life as it was thousands of years ago. Drawn to the hermetic life, the author spent three years in the depths of the Zhongnan Mountains visiting and staying with over 100 hermits. In their midst, high amongst the clouds he practiced with the hermits, achieved enlightenment and learned their secret traditions. Seated ...

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Journey to Inner Peace and Joy: Tracing Contemporary Chinese Hermits 2015, Shanghai Press, New York

ISBN-13: 9781602201507

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