Books by Red Pine, pen name of Bill Porter
go to bottom for links to interviews and articles
Bill's a dear friend whose work I greatly admire. His translations
reflect a lifetime of in-depth study and work including conferring with
Chinese scholars in China. - DC
Bill uses Red Pine for
translations and Bill Porter for his own work which so far includes two
titles: The Road to Heaven and Zen Baggage, Counterpoint.
Zen Baggage: A Pilgrimage to China, Counterpoint, 2010
The Platform Sutra: the Zen Teaching of Hui-neng, &Hoard, Berkeley, CA, 2006
The Heart Sutra: the Womb of Buddhas, Shoemaker & 2004
Poems of the Masters: China’s Classic Anthology of T’ang and Sung Dynasty Verse, 2003
The Diamond Sutra: the Perfection of Wisdom, 2002
The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain: Revised and Expanded, 2000
The Zen Works of Stonehouse: the Poems and Talks of a 14th Century Chinese Hermit, 1999
The Clouds Should Know Me By Now: Buddhist Poet Monks of China, Wisdom Publications, Boston, MA, 1998
Lao-tzu’s Taoteching: Selected Commentaries of the Past 2,000 Years, 1996
Guide to Capturing a Plum Blossom, Mercury House, San CA, 1995
Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits, 1993
The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma, North Point Press, 1993
P’u Ming’s , Empty Bowl, Port Townsend, WA, 1983
Kyoto Journal Interview - photo
Red Pine on Tricycle without need to subscribe: http://www.tricycle.com/interview/the-chinese-hermit-tradition-an-interview-with-red-pine http://www.tricycle.com/p/1751 http://www.tricycle.com/reviews/where-moon-companion http://www.tricycle.com/brief-teachings/bodhidharmas-teachings
You can use the links on this page to help people find Red Pine's books in libraries near them: http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=red+pine+bill+porter
[Thanks to Jordan Rothstein of BayVajra dot info (Bay Area Tibetan Buddhsim) for sending the Tricycle and library links and a couple of new links - dc - 12-17-11]
A page on Bill in Mountain Songs web site - with good photo. This appears to be a site dedicated to Chinese poetry.
A page on the site of Copper Canyon Press with links to reviews and more
Journalist presents relationship of environment to Chinese society - article
Tree In Winter Here's a guy who's down on Bill. It all started with Bill believing something his father had told him or misunderstanding something his father had said. Bill told me to put this in to make the record complete. - DC