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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Tipo di documento: | Stampa Libro |
Lingua: | Inglese |
Servizio "Subito": | Ordinare ora. |
Verificare la disponibilità: | HBZ Gateway |
Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
Pubblicazione: |
Albany
State University of New York Press
2015
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In: | Anno: 2015 |
Periodico/Rivista: | SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture
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(sequenze di) soggetti normati: | B
China
/ Taoismo
/ Meditazione
/ Storia 25-907
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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 |
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 |
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Descrizione del documento: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
ISBN: | 1438458231 |