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Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits

by Bill Porter · 1993

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Bill Porter (Red Pine) trekked through China's remote Chungnan Mountains in search of hermits. Lessons of spiritual wisdom emerge from his interviews with more than twenty male and female hermits.

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religionreligionMore like thisLess of thisBuddhismBuddhismMore like thisLess of thisspiritualityspiritualityMore like thisLess of this
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20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisChinaChinaMore like thisLess of this
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