Taoism category: 459 books
Gender, Power, and Talent
The Journey of Daoist Priestesses in Tang China
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
During the Tang dynasty (618–907), changes in political policies, the religious landscape, and gender relations opened the possibility for Daoist women to play an unprecedented role in religious and public life. Women, from imperial princesses to the daughters of commoner families, could be ordained...
The Tao of Joy Every Day
365 Days of Tao Living
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2011
"We need to open our eyes to see life itself as a gift, and perceive the goodness embedded everywhere. Every day is a blessing, and every moment is an opportunity to express the Tao." -Derek Lin
In Eastern wisdom traditions, it is taught that practicing one small bit of wisdom each day will...
Shen Gong and Nei Dan in Da Xuan
A Manual for Working with Mind, Emotion, and Internal Energy
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2015
The teaching and practices of the ancient Daoist tradition of Da Xuan have been kept secret for generations. In this ground-breaking book, Serge Augier, the current inheritor of the Da Xuan system, presents this unique approach to Daoism and reveals the basic principles and theory behind the practice...
Warrior Guards the Mountain
The Internal Martial Traditions of China, Japan and South East Asia
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2012
For centuries, the internal martial traditions of Asia have produced individuals renowned for their skills in fighting, healing and meditation. Inspired by the author's personal training experiences, this book reveals the stories and training methods of the old Masters as well as the current generation.
Focussing...
The Secret of Everlasting Life
The First Translation of the Ancient Chinese Text on Immortality
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
The Secret of Everlasting Life is the first translation from the Chinese of the second-century Can Tong Qi. This ancient work, the earliest known text on transformation and immortality, echoes the wisdom and poetry of both the Tao Te Ching and I Ching. The Can Tong Qi is also the ancestral text of...
Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches - TianGan DiZhi
The Heart of Chinese Wisdom Traditions
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2014
Essential reading for serious students of Chinese practical arts, including medicine, martial arts and FengShui, Master Zhongxian Wu and Dr Karin Taylor Wu provide a detailed explanation of the 22 GanZhi symbols in this book, outlining the characteristics of each, and their interactions and relationships.
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Great Clarity
Daoism and Alchemy in Early Medieval China
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2006
This is the first book to examine extensively the religious aspects of Chinese alchemy. Its main focus is the relation of alchemy to the Daoist traditions of the early medieval period (third to sixth centuries). It shows how alchemy contributed to and was tightly integrated into the elaborate body...
The Analects of Dasan, Volume I
A Korean Syncretic Reading
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2016
With extensive research and creative interpretations, Dasan's Noneo gogeum ju (Old and New Commentaries of the Analects) has been evaluated in the academia of Korean Studies as a crystallization of his studies on the Confucian classics. Dasan (Jeong Yak-yong: 1762-1836) attempted through this book...
by Barbara M Schwarz
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
What was left to see: journeys of devotion engulfed in a glistening ocean - streams of memory foaming all around me and in the midst I saw, amongst the memory pour, a joyful entity staring back at me. When we lose ourselves in flow, all the joy that we can know peaks and troughs to see, a vibrant depth to energy.
The Tao
The Living Wisdom Series
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2003
The Tao Te Ching is one of the most influential philosophies in the Eastern world. As relevant now as it was 2,300 years ago, the ageless wisdom of the Tao offers profound guidance and shows readers how to seek contentment. In The Tao, Mark Forstater reinterprets and illuminates these mysterious ancient...
by Eva Wong
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 1997
To age with the sun and moon and be renewed by spring and summer, to conserve the seeds of growth in autumn and winter and to be nourished by the eternal breath of the Tao—these are the goals of the Taoist alchemists, the masters of the arts of health, longevity, and immortality.
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The Resurrected Skeleton
From Zhuangzi to Lu Xun
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
The early Chinese text Master Zhuang (Zhuangzi) is well known for its relativistic philosophy and colorful anecdotes. In the work, Zhuang Zhou ca. 300 B.C.E.) dreams that he is a butterfly and wonders, upon awaking, if he in fact dreamed that he was a butterfly or if the butterfly is now dreaming...
by Anna Zubkova
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2013
These parables are written from the words of Lao Tse and relate how He learnt from Great Huang Di. The steps of the spiritual Path that permit to cognize Tao and Te are described here in parable style.
In Praise of Nothing
An Exploration of Daoist Fundamental Ontology
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2010
This is the fi rst work devoted to an expositi on on Daoist metaphysics and presenti ng Dao as a feminine principle. The work should be of interest to scholars and general readers in many disciplines: Comparati ve philosophy, religious studies, metaphysics, Asian studies, Chinese studies... etc.