The Taoist experience : an anthology / Livia Kohn.
Series: SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culturePublication details: Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, c1993.Description: vii, 391 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0791415791 (alk. paper)
- 9780791415795 (alk. paper)
- 0791415805 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780791415801 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 299/.514 20
- BL1910 .K64 1993
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-380) and index.
The Tao. The Tao that can't be told ; The Tao in the world ; Pure and tranquil ; Ineffable knowledge. -- Creation. Scriptures create the universe ; Numinous treasure - wondrous history ; The lands of the immortals ; Gods and goddesses. -- The teaching. The three caverns ; The transformations of Laozi ; The path ; The way to complete perfection. -- Discipline. Precepts and prescriptions ; Protective measures ; How to be taught ; Passing the test. -- Physical practices. Breathing for life ; Gymnastics ; Drugs and diets ; Sexual techniques. -- The cosmic body. The structure of the body ; The body as the world ; The world in the body ; The gods within. -- The one. Lights in the body ; The true one ; The three ones ; One in all. -- Insight practice. Two kinds of observations ; Energies and elixirs ; Observing life ; Glimpses of the new mind. -- Ecstatic excursions. The far-off journey ; Trips through the stars ; Divine loves ; Ecstatic sleep. -- Immortal personality. The perfected ; To be a sage ; Magical powers ; The virtue of wine. -- Ascension. Alchemical transformation ; The inner elixir ; Gradual dissolution ; Eyewitness accounts. -- Immortal life. Celestial garb ; The administration of heaven ; Sojourn among mortals ; Feasting in paradise. -- List of Chinese texts translated.
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