Daoism, meditation, and the wonders of serenity: from the latter Han dynasty (25-220) to the Tang dynasty (618-907)
"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...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Albany
State University of New York Press
2015
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Series/Journal: | SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
China
/ Taoism
/ Meditation
/ History 25-907
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| IxTheo Classification: | BM Chinese universism; Confucianism; Taoism KBM Asia |
| Further subjects: | B
Taoism
China
History
B Taoism History To 1500 China B Meditation Taoism B Taoism (China) History To 1500 |
| Summary: | "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 |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | viii, 387 pages, 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 1438458231 |