The Dance of Life: The Other Dimension of TimeHe and his sidekick, Shih Te, are known as the laughing, ragged pair who left their poetry on stones, trees, farmhouses, and monastery walls, calling others to "the Cold Mountain way" of simple, honest, joyful living. J. P. Seaton takes a fresh look at these poets, as well as at Wang Fan-chih, who followed in the outsider tradition a few centuries later. Forceful and wry, all three condemn the excesses of mind and matter that prevent people from attaining true enlightenment. With a comprehensive introduction and commentary throughout, this collection points to where, in a world that's always moving and so full of suffering, stillness and clarity can be found. |
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Contents
Foreword | 1 |
How Many Kinds of Time? | 13 |
Different Streams | 28 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Dance of Life: The Other Dimension of Time Anchor Books Doubleday Anchor book |
| Author | Edward Twitchell Hall |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint, reissue |
| Publisher | Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1984 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | Oct 2, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0385192487, 9780385192484 |
| Length | 250 pages |
| Subjects | › › Philosophy / Metaphysics Social Science / Anthropology / General |
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