Watching the Tree: A Chinese Daughter Reflects on Happiness, Tradition and Spiritual Wisdom - Softcover

Mah, Adeline Yen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0767904117 ISBN 13: 9780767904117

Publisher: Broadway Books, 2002

Synopsis

Interweaving her personal reminiscences with meditations on traditional Chinese wisdom, philosophy, and faith, the author of Falling Leaves unites the disparate elements of Eastern and Western culture in an eloquent reflection on topics ranging from Buddhism and the I Ching to feng shui, medicine, food, and spiritual teachings. Reprint.

About this title

About the Author

Adeline Yen Mah is a physician and writer. She divides her time among London, Hong Kong, and her home in Huntington Beach, California.

From the Inside Flap

is written that every Chinese wears a Confucian thinking cap, a Taoist robe, and Buddhist sandals. In Watching the Tree, Adeline Yen Mah brings together the many influences on her life as a child of the East and as a student and adult in the West. Taking a step beyond her previous book, Falling Leaves, Adeline explores the centuries-old Chinese traditions and their legacy in modern-day China and the West. With her provocative essays on Buddhism, the I Ching, Tao, Confucius, and their role in shaping Chinese thought, Watching the Tree inspires as it uplifts the soul, giving readers an unusual glimpse inside a culture that remains mysterious and often misunderstood.

In her sharp observations on Chinese food and medicine, yin and yang, Zen, and feng shui, Adeline enlightens readers with the mundane an approach to healing an illness with items you might find at a Chinese grocery store to the larger questions in life surrounding true happin

Edition details

• Publisher: Broadway Books
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0767904117
• ISBN 13: 9780767904117
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272