The Taoist BodyUniversity of California Press, 1993 - 273 pagini The ancient system of thought known as Taoism remains today the least well known of the world's great religions and one of the most inaccessible aspects of Chinese culture. This is in large part because Western thought clings to the notion of the separation of matter and spirit, body and soul. Taoism refuses this dualism and considers the body's perfection as essential as the soul's redemption is to Christianity. Kristofer Schipper's elegant and lucid introduction to the traditions of Taoism and the masters who transmit them will reward all those interested in China and in religions. The result of over twenty-five years of research, including eight years of fieldwork in China, Schipper's book retraces, step by step, the way that leads from Chinese shamanism and traditional village life to the physical Tending Life techniques, which in turn lead to the mysticism of Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu. Schipper shows the fundamental unity underlying all aspects of Taoism as Taoism considers itself to be. The social body—the community, the village, the land—corresponds in all aspects to the physical body in Taoism. In both of them the survival of humanity is decided here and now. "My destiny is within me, not in Heaven!" |
Cuprins
2 | 20 |
3 | 32 |
Spiritual Power | 40 |
The Masters of the Gods | 44 |
The Dignitaries of the | 55 |
5 | 72 |
20 | 78 |
Becoming a Taoshih | 82 |
The Work of the | 139 |
The Return | 152 |
9 | 160 |
The Abstinence from Grains | 167 |
Alchemy | 174 |
10 | 183 |
The Fast of the Heart | 195 |
Daily Life | 208 |
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adept alchemy altar ancestors become beginning birth Book breath Buddhist called century A.D. ch'i Chaos chap chapter chiao child Chinese Chuang Tzu Cinnabar Field commentary Confucian Confucius corresponds cosmic cycle demons diocese Dipper disciple divine dynasty Earth Emperor energies essence festivals Five Cardinal Points gods Granet Heavenly Masters human I-ching Immortals incense burner initiation inner investiture Jade Maiden Kuan Lao Tzu liturgical liturgical tradition live Marcel Granet meaning medium Ming dynasty moon Mother mountain Mysteries Non-Being official Old Lord original period practice puppet pure recited religion religious represent rites ritual area sacred Schipper scriptures sexual shaman souls spirits spontaneous symbolic Taiwan talismanic tao-shih Tao-te ching Tao-tsang Taoist Canon Taoist masters temple texts things Three Heavens tion transformation true Tzu's universe Wang Pi words worship Yellow Court Yellow Emperor yin and yang
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