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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Autore principale: Eskildsen, Stephen 1963- (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Stampa Libro
Lingua:Inglese
Servizio "Subito": Ordinare ora.
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Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Pubblicazione: Albany State University of New York Press 2015
In:Anno: 2015
Periodico/Rivista:SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture
(sequenze di) soggetti normati:B China / Taoismo / Meditazione / Storia 25-907
Notazioni IxTheo:BM Universismo cinese; Confucianesimo; Taoismo
KBM Asia
Altre parole chiave:B Taoism China History
B Meditazione Taoism
B Taoism History To 1500 China
B Taoism (China) History To 1500
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Riepilogo:"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
Descrizione del documento:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1438458231