The Inner Teachings of Taoism

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Shambhala, 1986 - Alchemy - 118 pages
A venerable Chinese work on the principles of Taoism, with a lucid commentary explaining the secret symbolism of the text.

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The Inner Teachings
3
EXPLANATORY VERSES
32
Solving Symbolic Language
51
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Thomas Cleary holds a PhD in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University and a JD from the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law. He is the translator of over fifty volumes of Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian, and Islamic texts from Sanskrit, Chinese, Japanese, Pali, and Arabic.

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