Author: Publisher: Original Books.
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The Primordial Breath: Additional translations of nine treatises on embryonic breathing from the Taoist Canon, the Tao Tsang
Author: Publisher: Original Books.
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Primordial Breath
Author: Michael WurmbrandPublisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
An ancient Chinese way of attempting to prolong life through breath control.
The Taoist Canon
Author: Kristofer SchipperPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022672106X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 1684
Book Description
Taoism remains the only major religion whose canonical texts have not been systematically arranged and made available for study. This long-awaited work, a milestone in Chinese studies, catalogs and describes all existing texts within the Taoist canon. The result will not only make the entire range of existing Taoist texts accessible to scholars of religion, it will open up a crucial resource in the study of the history of China. The vast literature of the Taoist canon, or Daozang, survives in a Ming Dynasty edition of some fifteen hundred different texts. Compiled under imperial auspices and completed in 1445—with a supplement added in 1607—many of the books in the Daozang concern the history, organization, and liturgy of China's indigenous religion. A large number of works deal with medicine, alchemy, and divination. If scholars have long neglected this unique storehouse of China's religious traditions, it is largely because it was so difficult to find one's way within it. Not only was the rationale of its medieval classification system inoperable for the many new texts that later entered the Daozang, but the system itself was no longer understood by the Ming editors; hence the haphazard arrangement of the canon as it has come down to us. This new work sets out the contents of the Daozang chronologically, allowing the reader to follow the long evolution of Taoist literature. Lavishly illustrated, the first volume ranges from antiquity through the Middle Ages, while the second spans the modern period. Within this frame, texts are grouped by theme and subject. Each one is the subject of a historical abstract that identifies the text's contents, date of origin, and author. Throughout the first two volumes, introductions outline the evolution of Taoism and its spiritual heritage. A third volume offering biographical sketches of frequently mentioned Taoists, multiple indexes, and an extensive bibliography provides critical tools for navigating this guide to one of the fundamental aspects of Chinese culture.
Taoist Meditation and Longevity Techniques
Author: Livia KohnPublisher: U of M Center for Chinese Studies
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
French, German, and Japanese scholars explore historical and technical as well as religious aspects of Taoism, ranging from pre-Han practice to the contemporary revival
Taoism and the Arts of China
Author: Stephen LittlePublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520227859
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
A celebration of Taoist art traces the influence of philosophy on the visual arts in China.
Yoga
Author: Mircea EliadePublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691017648
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
In this landmark book the renowned scholar of religion Mircea Eliade lays the groundwork for a Western understanding of Yoga, exploring how its guiding principle, that of freedom, involves remaining in the world without letting oneself be exhausted by such "conditionings" as time and history. Drawing on years of study and experience in India, Eliade provides a comprehensive survey of Yoga in theory and practice from its earliest foreshadowings in the Vedas through the twentieth century. The subjects discussed include Patañjali, author of the Yoga-sutras; yogic techniques, such as concentration "on a Single Point," postures, and respiratory discipline; and Yoga in relation to Brahmanism, Buddhism, Tantrism, Oriental alchemy, mystical erotism, and shamanism.
Paths to Liberation
Author: Robert E. BuswellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Apocryphal books (Tripi#Htaka)
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Chinese Religions
Author: J. ChingPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349229040
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
This is a comprehensive work on the religions of China. As such, it includes an introduction giving an overview of the subject, and the special themes treated in the book, as well as detailed chapters on ancient religions, Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, Chinese Islam, Christianity in China as well as popular religion. Throughout the book, care is taken to present both the philosophical teachings as well as the religious practices of the religious traditions, and reflections are offered regarding their present situation and future prospects. Comparisons are offered with other religions, especially Christianity.
The Foundations of Buddhism
Author: Rupert GethinPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192892231
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
In this introduction to the foundations of Buddhism, Rupert Gethin concentrates on the ideas and practices which constitute the common heritage of the different traditions of Buddhism (Thervada, Tibetan and Eastern) which exist in the world today.
Author: Laozi