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Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 19,38 MB
Release : 2013-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1438446519
An anthology of English translations of primary texts of the Quanzhen (Complete Perfection) school of Daoism.
Author : Louis Komjathy
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 42,59 MB
Release : 2007-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9047421736
This important work focuses on early Quanzhen (Complete Perfection) Daoism, a twelfth-century Daoist religious movement and subsequent monastic order. Emphasis in this first study to approach Quanzhen from a comparative religious studies perspective is placed on the complex interplay among views of self, specific training regimens, and the types of experiences that were expected to follow from dedicated praxis. On the basis of historical contextualization and textual analysis it is demonstrated that in its formative and incipient organized phases Quanzhen was a Daoist religious community consisting of a few renunciants dedicated to religious praxis. The study proper is followed by a complete annotated translation of a text attributed to the founder, which represents one of only two early Quanzhen texts translated to date. Subsequent appendices address issues of dating and contents of the early textual corpus as well as technical Quanzhen religious terminology.
Author : Livia Kohn
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 29,50 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1931483329
Author : Catherine Despeux
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 49,51 MB
Release : 2018-11-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 900438345X
In Taoism and Self Knowledge, Catherine Despeux develops a history of the "Chart for the Cultivation of Perfection" a text containing an array of meditative techniques for individual salvation and thunder rites. This chart was transmitted widely among Taoists in Quanzhen tradition.
Author : St. Teresa of Avila
Publisher : ICS Publications
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 29,60 MB
Release : 2013-09-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0960087613
A Study Edition, with Introduction, Commentary, Discussion Questions, Glossary, and a fully linked Index. St. Teresa of Avila is an unsurpassed teacher of Christian prayer and spirituality, and in The Way of Perfection she is at her best. Now, with the help of this study edition, everyone can enjoy the benefits of her wisdom. In The Way of Perfection, St. Teresa gives practical counsels and advice on prayer, destined originally for the few nuns who embraced the reformed Carmelite life she established. As a handbook for spiritual formation, it presented them with the basic Christian spirituality undergirding their Constitutions and Rule. Over the centuries, the book's appeal has reached far beyond the walls of Carmelite monasteries, and The Way of Perfection has become a spiritual classic. More and more today, Teresa's instructions speak to all those interested in prayer, providing them with basic guidelines for praying and showing how to avoid potential pitfalls. But as the readership and interest grow, so does the need for some help in working with this sixteenth-century text. The principles and teachings in Teresa's book, first presented within the limited horizons of her own situation, clearly lend themselves to broader applications, and can work well in all walks of life. This study edition-with its introduction, commentary, notes, discussion questions, glossary, and a fully linked Index-provides what is needed to assist contemporary readers in making these applications and delving more deeply into the text's spiritual riches.
Author : Louis Komjathy
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 49,31 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004160388
Employing a comparative religious studies approach, this book provides a comprehensive discussion of early Quanzhen as a Daoist religious movement charactized by asceticism, alchemical transformation, and mystical experiencing. Emphasis is placed on the complex interplay among views of self, religious praxis, and religious experience.
Author : Louis Komjathy
Publisher : Square Inch Press
Page : 11 pages
File Size : 31,94 MB
Release : 2023-01-31
Category : Religion
ISBN :
Twentieth anniversary edition of the classic series of bilingual Chinese-English translations of nine important, representative, and practice-oriented Daoist texts. Volume I includes the general introduction and Handbooks 1-3; volume II consists of Handbooks 4-6; and volume III includes Handbooks 7-9 and the combined bibliography.
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Publisher : New York : Viking Studio
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 46,26 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Religion
ISBN :
"At the heart of Buddhism lies the doctrine of the perfection of wisdom. The foremost principles of this teaching are the bodhisattva ideal of the religious life and the essential emptiness of all existence. The sutras known as The Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Lines are the oldest version of this important Buddhist text, dating some two thousand years, and are the basis for the present translation." "The message of The Perfection of Wisdom is as applicable to the modern reader as it was to the monks who first studied the text two millennia ago: through an understanding of the perfection of wisdom, it is possible for all of us to detach from the suffering that binds us to the material world, and so move toward enlightenment. This important text is illustrated with extraordinary images taken from the earliest surviving Indian and Nepalese illustrated manuscripts of The Perfection of Wisdom - most of which have never been reproduced before."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author : Stephen Eskildsen
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 27,6 MB
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0791485315
Stephen Eskildsen's book offers an in-depth study of the beliefs and practices of the Quanzhen (Complete Realization) School of Taoism, the predominant school of monastic Taoism in China. The Quanzhen School was founded in the latter half of the twelfth century by the eccentric holy man Wan Zhe (1113–1170), whose work was continued by his famous disciples commonly known as the Seven Realized Ones. This study draws upon surviving texts to examine the Quanzhen masters' approaches to mental discipline, intense asceticism, cultivation of health and longevity, mystical experience, supernormal powers, death and dying, charity and evangelism, and ritual. From these primary sources, Eskildsen provides a clear understanding of the nature of Quanzhen Taoism and reveals its core emphasis to be the cultivation of clarity and purity of mind that occurs not only through seated meditation, but also throughout the daily activities of life.
Author : Bahram Elahi
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 11,57 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780976498605
Here is an inspiring collection of the teachings of Master Nur Ali, the great Sufi teacher and prophet, written and compiled by his third child, Mr. Elahi. These spiritual instructions are available and applicable for everyone, regardless of particular religious beliefs.