A Journey to Inner Peace and Joy by Zhang Jianfeng

A Journey to Inner Peace and Joy by Zhang Jianfeng

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A Journey to Inner Peace and Joy by Zhang Jianfeng

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 above the clouds he looked down on the mundane world below as he refined his spirit and reformed his soul in the experience of a different mode of existence.

As contemporary man busied himself with the creation of his own networks, and searched for knowledge, wealth and love, the author took the opposite route and sought out the hermits of legend. As we close the book, his efforts allow us, for a moment, to transcend the chaos of life, achieve detachment and an inner contemplation and turn and enter our own inner being.
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ISBN 13 9781602201507
ISBN 10 1602201501
Title A Journey to Inner Peace and Joy
Author Zhang Jianfeng
Condition Unavailable
Publisher Shanghai Press
Year published 2015-04-07
Number of pages 240
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.