Cultivating Stillness: A Taoist Manual for Transforming Body and MindA principal part of the Taoist canon for many centuries, this Lao-Tzu classic is an essential overview of the Taoist practice of internal alchemy, or qigong Equanimity, good health, peace of mind, and long life are the goals of the ancient Taoist tradition known as “internal alchemy,” of which Cultivating Stillness is a key text. Written between the second and fifth centuries, the book is attributed to T’ai Shang Lao-chun—the legendary figure more widely known as Lao-Tzu, author of the Tao-te Ching. The accompanying commentary, written in the nineteenth century by Shui-ch’ing Tzu, explains the alchemical symbolism of the text and the methods for cultivating internal stillness of body and mind. A key text in the Taoist canon, Cultivating Stillness is still the first book studied by Taoist initiates today. |
Contents
WANGCHI 3 TAICHI | |
THE THREE REALMS OF EXISTENCE | |
THE MIND HEART OF | |
THE HUMAN MIND HEART | |
THE SIX THIEVES | |
THE THREE OBSTRUCTIONS | |
STILLNESS AND ORIGINAL NATURE | |
THE TRUE | |
THE MYSTERIOUS ACHIEVEMENT | |
THE SACRED PATH | |
WAXING AND WANING | |
VIRTUES | |
FORGETTING THE MIND | |
THE SPIRIT | |
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Cultivating Stillness: A Taoist Manual for Transforming Body and Mind Eva Wong No preview available - 1992 |
Cultivating Stillness: A Taoist Manual for Transforming Body and Mind Eva Wong No preview available - 1992 |
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