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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1. VerfasserIn: Eskildsen, Stephen 1963- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Druck Buch
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Albany State University of New York Press 2015
In:Jahr: 2015
Schriftenreihe/Zeitschrift:SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B China / Taoismus / Meditation / Geschichte 25-907
IxTheo Notationen:BM Chinesischer Universismus; Konfuzianismus; Taoismus
KBM Asien
weitere Schlagwörter:B Taoism China History
B Taoism History To 1500 China
B Meditation Taoism
B Taoism (China) History To 1500
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Zusammenfassung:"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
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1438458231