Opening the Dragon Gate: The Making of a Modern Taoist WizardThis authorized biography of the contemporary Taoist expert Wang Liping (1949 -) tells the true story of his apprenticeship in Taoist wizardry, as well as Taoist principles and secrets of inner transformation. The 18th-generation transmitter of Dragon Gate Taoism, Wang Liping is heir to a tradition of esoteric knowledge and practice accumulated and refined over eleven centuries. This is the first English translation by noted writer Thomas Cleary of the authorized biography by two longtime disciples of this living master of the Dragon Gate branch of the Complete Reality school of Taoism, which integrated Buddhism and Confucianism into a comprehensive new form of Taoism. |
Contents
Refining theMind 11 | |
Intensive Cultivation of the Triple World 39 | |
Taking Alchemical Elixir and Fasting 57 | |
Rebirth and Refinement 67 | |
Returning to LifeAfter Death 68 | |
Deliberate Dreaming and Refinement of Spirit 137 | |
Treasure Hunting in the Mountains 144 | |
The Way Follows Nature 192 | |
Ascent 204 | |
Teachers and Disciple Part 216 | |
Transcending Sagehood to Enter the Ordinary 232 | |
Emerging on a Amission 248 | |
Shouldering a Heavy Responsibility 262 | |
Roaming the Four Directions 98 | |
Transcending Time and Space 123 | |
Returning to the Source 272 | |
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Opening the Dragon Gate: The Making of a Modern Taoist Wizard Chen Kaiguo,Zheng Shunchao,Thomas Cleary No preview available - 1998 |
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