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The Taoist experience : an anthology

Author: Livia Kohn
Publisher: Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, ©1993.
Series: SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Livia Kohn
ISBN: 0791415791 9780791415795 0791415805 9780791415801
OCLC Number: 26633725
Description: vii, 391 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: 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.
Series Title: SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.
Responsibility: Livia Kohn.

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