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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主要作者: Eskildsen, Stephen 1963- (Author)
格式: Print 圖書
語言:English
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出版: Albany State University of New York Press 2015
In:Year: 2015
叢編:SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B China / 道教 / 冥想 / 歷史 25-907
IxTheo Classification:BM Chinese universism; Confucianism; Taoism
KBM Asia
Further subjects:B Taoism China History
B Taoism History To 1500 China
B 冥想 Taoism
B Taoism (China) History To 1500
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總結:"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
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1438458231