OT: Zen author Bill Porter

[Cimaroon]

Has trasnslated The Diamond Sutra and Heart Sutra among others. Also has a fun book: Road to heaven, encounters with Chinese Hermits.

His newest book http://www.amazon.com/Zen-Baggage-Pilgrimage-Bill-Porter/dp/1593761325/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1230987634&sr=1-1

He is travelling around China again, visiting historical temple sites. Im close to the part where he visits Shaolin. Anyway, good reading here. And I recommend his other books too.

[GeneChing]

I loved Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits. It wasn't that flattering about Shaolin, if memory serves. :o I also enjoyed Porter's Heart Sutra, but I read a reader's copy, not the finished work, for that one.

Zen Baggage: A Pilgrimage to China - what a great title.