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Format: viii, 387 pages , 24 cm

ISBN: 1438458231 , 9781438458236

Series Statement: SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture

Content: "Stephen Eskildsen offers an overview of Daoist religious texts from the Latter Han (25-220) through Tang (618-907) periods, exploring passive meditation methods and their anticipated effects. These methods entailed observing the processes that unfold spontaneously within mind and body, rather than actively manipulating them by means common in medieval Daoist religion such as visualization, invocations, and the swallowing of breath or saliva

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , 1. Introduction. Opening comments , The ancient precedents , 2. The Earliest-known Religious Movements. The Taiping Group Texts (The Great Peace, CP Synopsis, GP Instructions) , The Laozi Xiang'er zhu (Laozi-Xiang'er) , 3. Dramatic Physical and Sensory Effects. Surges of Primal Qi: The Xiandao jing (The Manifest Dao) , The Rushi si chizi fa (Contemplating the Baby) , The Taishang hunyuan zhenlu ( The True Record) , 4. Integrating Buddhism: Earlier Phase. The Xisheng jing (The Western Ascension) , The Xuwu ziran benqijing (The Original Arising) , 5. Integrating Buddhism: Emptiness and the Twofold Mystery. The Benji jing (The Original Juncture) , The Wuchu jing (The Five Kitchens) , The Qingjing jing (The Clarity and Calmness) , 6. Serenity and the Reaffirmation of Physical Transformation. The Zuowang Iun (Sitting and Forgetting) , The Dingguan jing (Stability and Observation) , 7. Serenity, Primal Qi, and Embryonic Breathing. The Cunshen lianqi ming (The Inscription) , The Taixi jing zhu (Embryonic Breathing) , 8. Conclusion

Language: English

Keywords: China ; Taoismus ; Meditation ; Geschichte 25-907

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Format: viii, 387 pages , 24 cm

ISBN: 1438458231 , 9781438458236

Series Statement: SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture

Content: "Stephen Eskildsen offers an overview of Daoist religious texts from the Latter Han (25-220) through Tang (618-907) periods, exploring passive meditation methods and their anticipated effects. These methods entailed observing the processes that unfold spontaneously within mind and body, rather than actively manipulating them by means common in medieval Daoist religion such as visualization, invocations, and the swallowing of breath or saliva

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , 1. Introduction. Opening comments , The ancient precedents , 2. The Earliest-known Religious Movements. The Taiping Group Texts (The Great Peace, CP Synopsis, GP Instructions) , The Laozi Xiang'er zhu (Laozi-Xiang'er) , 3. Dramatic Physical and Sensory Effects. Surges of Primal Qi: The Xiandao jing (The Manifest Dao) , The Rushi si chizi fa (Contemplating the Baby) , The Taishang hunyuan zhenlu ( The True Record) , 4. Integrating Buddhism: Earlier Phase. The Xisheng jing (The Western Ascension) , The Xuwu ziran benqijing (The Original Arising) , 5. Integrating Buddhism: Emptiness and the Twofold Mystery. The Benji jing (The Original Juncture) , The Wuchu jing (The Five Kitchens) , The Qingjing jing (The Clarity and Calmness) , 6. Serenity and the Reaffirmation of Physical Transformation. The Zuowang Iun (Sitting and Forgetting) , The Dingguan jing (Stability and Observation) , 7. Serenity, Primal Qi, and Embryonic Breathing. The Cunshen lianqi ming (The Inscription) , The Taixi jing zhu (Embryonic Breathing) , 8. Conclusion

Language: English

Keywords: China ; Taoismus ; Meditation ; Geschichte 25-907

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Format: viii, 387 Seiten

ISBN: 9781438458236

Series Statement: SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Einzelne Textstellen in chinesischen Schriftzeichen

Language: English

Keywords: China ; Taoismus ; Meditation ; Geschichte 25-907

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Format: 1 online resource (398 pages)

ISBN: 9781438458236 , 9781438458243

Series Statement: SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture

Note: Description based on print version record

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Eskildsen, Stephen, 1963- Daoism, meditation, and the wonders of serenity : from the latter Han dynasty (25-220) to the Tang dynasty (618-907)

Language: English

Keywords: China ; Taoismus ; Meditation ; Geschichte 25-907

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Format: 387 pages

ISBN: 9781438458236 , 9781438458229

Series Statement: SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, e-book 9781438458243

Language: English