The Teachings and Practices of the Early Quanzhen Taoist Masters

Eskildsen Stephen

ISBN 10: 0791460460 / ISBN 13: 9780791460467

Editore: State University of New York Press, 2006

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• Titolo: The Teachings and Practices of the Early Quanzhen Taoist Masters
• Editore: State University of New York Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0791460460
• ISBN 13: 9780791460467
• Rilegatura: Brossura
• Condizione: New

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Riassunto

Stephen Eskildsen's book offers an in-depth study of the beliefs and practices of the Quanzhen (Complete Realization) School of Taoism, the predominant school of monastic Taoism in China. The Quanzhen School was founded in the latter half of the twelfth century by the eccentric holy man Wan Zhe (1113–1170), whose work was continued by his famous disciples commonly known as the Seven Realized Ones. 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.

Informazioni sull?autore

Stephen Eskildsen is UC Foundation Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He is the author of Asceticism in Early Taoist Religion, also published by SUNY Press.