Bill Porter, “China’s Hermit Tradition & the Beginning of Zen”
Location Whitley Auditorium, 7:30 p.m., March 31
An acclaimed translator (under the name Red Pine), Porter is author of more than a dozen books about Chinese religion and poetry, including “Road to heaven,” the first book about the cultivation of solitude. Sponsored by the departments of Philosophy, Religious Studies, Asian Studies with Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life and Iron Tree Blooming.