Bones of the Master; A Buddhist Monk's search for the Lost Heart of China

by Crane, George

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NY: Bantam Books, 2000. 293 pp. Illus. with B&W plates, map endpapers. Light wear, small water-stain along top edge. Binding tight, text clean.. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Book summary

In this memoir/travelogue, an American poet travels to Mongolia with his friend Tsung Tsai, the last Ch'an Buddhist master, in order to find the bones of Tsung Tsai's teacher. Along the way, Crane learns much of Ch'an Buddhism and of Tsung Tsai's past, including his escape from the Red Guards in the late '50s--and both experience modern-day China and Hong Kong.