The Teachings and Practices of the Early Quanzhen Taoist Masters
Subtitle: Exploring the Realm of Health Care (Suny Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture)
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: June 14, 2004
Language: eng; chi
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780791460450
Subjects: History of religion; Philosophy of religion; Taoism; Religion - World Religions; Eastern - Taoism; Social Science; Taoist priests; Sociology; China; Taoist; Anthropology - Cultural; Asia - China; History; Quan zhen jiao; Quanzhou Shi
Description: "This study draws upon surviving texts to examine the Quanzhen masters' approaches to mental discipline, intense asceticism, cultivation of health and longevity, mystical experience, supernormal powers, death and dying, charity and evangelism, and ritual. From these primary sources, Eskildsen provides a clear understanding of the nature of Quanzhen Taoism and reveals its core emphasis to be the cultivation of clarity and purity of mind that occurs not only through seated meditation, but also throughout the daily activities of life."--BOOK JACKET.