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Chinese Healing Exercises: The Tradition of Daoyin (Book)

Livia Kohn

ISBN:9780824832698

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
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Chinese Healing Exercises: The Tradition of Daoyin (Book)

Livia Kohn

ISBN:9780824832346

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Cosmos and Community: The Ethical Dimension of Daoism (Book)

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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Daoism and Chinese Culture (Book)

Livia Kohn

ISBN:9781931483001

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Daoist Body Cultivation: Traditional Models and Contemporary Practices (Book)

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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Daoist Dietetics - Food for Immortality (Book)

Livia Kohn

ISBN:9781931483148

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Daoist Mystical Philosophy: The Scripture of Western Ascension (Book)

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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Early Chinese Mysticism: Philosophy and Soteriology in the Taoist Tradition (Book)

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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God of the DAO: Lord Lao in History and Myth (Book)

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
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God of the DAO: Lord Lao in History and Myth (Book)

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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Health and Long Life: The Chinese Way (Book)

Livia Kohn

ISBN:9781931483032

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Internal Alchemy (Book)

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
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Introducing Daoism (Book)

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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Introducing Daoism (Book)

Livia Kohn

ISBN:9780415439978

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Laughing at the DAO: Debates Among Buddhists and Daoists in Medieval China (Book)

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
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Laughing at the Tao (Book)

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

USD $134.63

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Meditation Works in the Daoist, Buddhist, and Hindu Traditions (Book)

Livia Kohn

ISBN:9781931483087

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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Monastic Life in Medieval Daoism: A Cross-Cultural Perspective (Book)

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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Sitting in Oblivion - The Heart of Daoist Meditation (Book)

Livia Kohn

ISBN:9781931483162

Expanded ed. of: Seven steps to the Tao. 1987....more details
Format:Hardback Pages:243

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Taoism (Book)

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