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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797769603321

Autore

Eskildsen Stephen <1963->

Titolo

Daoism, meditation, and the wonders of serenity : from the latter Han dynasty (25-220) to the Tang dynasty (618-907) / / Stephen Eskildsen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, New York : , : State University of New York Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4384-5824-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (398 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture

Disciplina

299.5/1443509

Soggetti

Meditation - Taoism

Taoism - China - History - To 1500

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; Opening Comments; The Ancient Precedents; The Laozi; The Zhuangzi; The Neiye; Overview; 2. The Earliest-Known Daoist Religious Movements; The Taiping Group Texts 太平經(the Great Peace, Gp Synopsis, Gp Instructions); The Laozi Xiang'er zhu  子想爾注 (Laozi-Xiang'er); 3. Dramatic Physical and Sensory Effects; Surges of Primal Qi: The Xiandao jing   經 (The Manifest Dao); The Rushi Si Chizi Fa 入室思 子法(Contemplating the Baby); The Taishang Hunyuan Zhenlu 太上混元真 (the True Record); 4. Integrating Buddhism: Earlier Phase

The Xisheng Jing  昇經 (the Western Ascension)The Xuwu Ziran Benqijing  無 然本 經 (the Original Arising); 5. Integrating Buddhism: Emptiness and the Twofold Mystery; The Benji Jing 本 經 (the Original Juncture); The Wuchu Jing 五廚經 (the Five Kitchens); The Qingjing Jing 清 經 (the Clarity and Calmness); 6. Serenity and the Reaffirmation of Physical Transformation; The Zuowang Lun 坐忘  (Sitting and Forgetting); The Dingguan Jing 定 經 (Stability and Observation); 7: Serenity, Primal Qi, and Embryonic Breathing; The Cunshen Lianqi Ming 存神 氣  (the Inscription); The Taixi jing zhu  息經  (Embryonic Breathing)

8: ConclusionNotes; Bibliography; Sources in English and French; Secondary Sources in Chinese and Japanese; Primary Sources in the Daoist Canon (Zhengtong Daozang 正統   [1445] and Xu Daozang 續   [1607] ; Primary Sources Outside the Taoist Canon; Index