Red Pine
Red Pine, the pen name of Bill Porter, is an esteemed translator and scholar of Chinese texts. Known for his deep understanding of Chinese culture and spirituality, he has brought classical Chinese poetry and Buddhist scriptures to a Western audience. With a focus on clarity and accessibility, Red Pine's translations have garnered critical acclaim, making ancient wisdom accessible to modern readers. His works reflect a lifelong dedication to cross-cultural understanding.
Book summaries for books written by Red Pine
Quotes
Form is emptiness, emptiness is form.
No eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, mind; no color, sound, smell, taste, touch, or object of mind.
No suffering, origination, extinction, path; no wisdom, attainment, or nonattainment.
No ignorance and no end to ignorance, and so forth, until no old age and death and no end to old age and death.
No suffering, no cause of suffering, no cessation of suffering, and no path; no understanding, no attainment.
No gain, thus Bodhisattvas live this Prajna Paramita with no hindrance in the mind.
No obstacles, therefore no fear; far beyond all inverted views, Nirvana is already here.
No past, present, or future, no birth, death, or rebirth; and no suffering, cause, or end to suffering.
No thought, no mind, no delusion, and no enlightenment; no eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, or mind.
No form, no sound, no smell, no taste, no touch, no object of mind; no realm of sight, and so forth, until no realm of mind consciousness.