Daoyin, the traditional Chinese practice of guiding the qi and stretching the body is the forerunner of Qigong, the modern form of exercise that has swept through China and is making increasing inroads in the West. Like other Asian body practices...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:268
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Livia Kohn
ISBN:9780824832346
Daoyin, the traditional Chinese practice of guiding the qi and stretching the body is the forerunner of Qigong, the modern form of exercise that has swept through China and is making increasing inroads in the West. Like other Asian body practices...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:344
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Livia Kohn
ISBN:9781931483025
A major new initiative in Daoist studies, Cosmos and Community is the first major English study of Daoist religious ethics. Based on original translations of primary sources...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:304
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Livia Kohn
ISBN:9781931483056
Daoist Body Cultivation is a comprehensive volume by a group of dedicated scholar-practitioners that covers the key practices of medical healing...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:243
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Livia Kohn
ISBN:9781931483063
Livia Kohn presents the first Western introduction to this central text of medieval Daoist mysticism. Through her careful textual study and fully annotated translation...more details Format:Paperback Pages:285
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Livia Kohn
ISBN:9780691020655
Did Chinese mysticism vanish after its first appearance in ancient Taoist philosophy, to surface only after a thousand years had passed, when the Chinese had adapted Buddhism to their own culture? This first integrated survey of the mystical dimension of Taoism disputes the commonly accepted idea of such a hiatus...more details Format:Paperback Pages:232
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Livia Kohn
ISBN:9780892641338
Lord Lao, first known as the philosopher Laozi, the purported author of the "Daode jing," later became an immortal, a messiah, and high god of Daoism. Laozi...more details Format:Paperback Pages:408
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Livia Kohn
ISBN:9780892641284
Lord Lao, first known as the philosopher Laozi, the purported author of the "Daode jing," later became an immortal, a messiah, and high god of Daoism. Laozi...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:406
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Livia Kohn
ISBN:9781931483117
This book draws upon the best of Daoist scholarship but is also noteworthy for its inclusion of contemporary practitioners....more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:286
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Livia Kohn
ISBN:9780415439985
Daoism is one of the major religious traditions of the East, but in the past has not been as well known as Buddhism and Hinduism. With the increased interest in Eastern religions...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:276
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Livia Kohn
ISBN:9780415439978
Daoism is one of the major religious traditions of the East, but in the past has not been as well known as Buddhism and Hinduism. With the increased interest in Eastern religions...more details Format:Hardback Pages:296
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Livia Kohn
ISBN:9781931483070
The Xiaodao lun (Laughing at the Dao) is an important document of the debates among Buddhists and Daoists in sixth-century China. These debates contributed to the process of cultural adaptation of Buddhism...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:286
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Livia Kohn
ISBN:9780691034836
A study of a controversial text, written by the Tao renegade Zhen Luan in the year 570 AD, which exposed the inconsistencies of Taoist doctrine...more details Format:hardback Pages:296
Based on extensive cultural studies and long years of practice, this book explores meditation from the perspective of access to the subconscious and...more details Format:Paperback Pages:263
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Livia Kohn
ISBN:9780824826512
In Monastic Life in Medieval Daoism, a senior scholar of Daoist studies presents for the first time a detailed description and analysis of the organization and practices of medieval Daoist monasteries. Following an introduction to the wider...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:344
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Livia Kohn
ISBN:9789004112087
This is a guide to the main features and developments of Daoism. The chapters are devoted to either specific periods, or topics such as Women in Daoism...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:916