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Creative acts of compassion, frugality, and humility connect us to the heart of the world.

Yun Rou Guan (Soft Cloud Temple)

is now open in Tucson.  

Classes commence Thursday,

January 29th, 2026.

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Monk Yun Rou

Daoist Monk Yun Rou (his name means Soft Cloud) has been called the new Alan Watts for his Daoist teachings and the Zen Gabriel Garcia-Marquez for his works of magical realism. Born Arthur Rosenfeld in New York City, he received his academic education at Yale, Cornell, and the University of California. By leave of the Chinese government, he was ordained a monk at the Chun Yang (Pure Yang) Daoist Temple in Guangzhou, China. His award-winning books, optioned for film in both Hollywood and Asia, bridge spirituality, philosophy, and history, while his work has appeared in Vogue, Vanity Fair, Parade, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, WebMD, and numerous other websites and newspapers

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 A NEW literary  Sci Fi Thriller

The Revelation -  A Novel of Interstellar Contact

 by Yun Rou

Humanity has always believed it is alone. It was wrong.   

Set in 1992, The Revelation is a prescient science-fiction thriller by award-winning author Yun Rou, told from humanity’s future – after the earth discovers it is no longer alone and no longer the same. 

Extraordinary children begin to appear healing the incurable – evolving beyond known biology. At the same time governments are forced to admit the truth they had long concealed.  Extraterrestrial visitors are real. Secrecy collapses and the world enters what later becomes known as the Revelation. 

To reserve your advance Author Signed copy and join the mailing list email: yunrou@icloud.com 

Available May 1, 2026 on Amazon and at booksellers everywhere 

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Latest Books

"Daoist philosophy, a Jade robot, a gripping love story,     one of the most fascinating books I have ever read."

- Jonathan Kos-Read, author of The Eunuch

Available Classes

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Daoist Philosophy

A friendly gathering that begins with a reading of Classical Chinese poetry and continues with a reading of a number of different translations of a single chapter of Laozi’s Daodejing. A section from the Liezi or the...

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Tai Chi

Principles and fundamentals of authentic Chen Tai Chi in the Chen Fa Ke/Chen Quanzhong lineage, with an attendant emphasis on softness, on the vertical circle for true silk reeling, and on profound relaxation.

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