Cultivating Perfection
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Cultivating Perfection
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Author : Louis Komjathy
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2007
Cultivating Perfection written by Louis Komjathy and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Religion categories.
Employing a comparative religious studies approach, this book provides a comprehensive discussion of early Quanzhen as a Daoist religious movement charactized by asceticism, alchemical transformation, and mystical experiencing. Emphasis is placed on the complex interplay among views of self, religious praxis, and religious experience.
The Way Of Complete Perfection
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 2013-06-01
The Way Of Complete Perfection written by and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-01 with Religion categories.
An anthology of English translations of primary texts of the Quanzhen (Complete Perfection) school of Daoism.
The Routledge Handbook Of Religion And The Body
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Author : Yudit Kornberg Greenberg
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2023-02-01
The Routledge Handbook Of Religion And The Body written by Yudit Kornberg Greenberg and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-02-01 with Religion categories.
The Routledge Handbook of Religion and the Body is the first comprehensive volume to feature multireligious cross-cultural perspectives on the body and embodiment. Featuring multidisciplinary approaches and methodologies from the humanities and the social sciences, it addresses the body and embodied religiosity in theological, ethical, and cultural contexts. Comprised of 30 chapters by a team of international contributors, the handbook is divided into four parts: Theology and Embodied Religiosity Gender, Sexuality, and Body Regulations Ritual and Performance Religion, Healing, and the Future of the Body Each part examines central issues, debates, and problems in relation to global belief systems, including embodiments of love, transfiguration, the secular body, disability, body language, maternal bodies, embodied emotions, celibacy, ecology and the body, reshaping the corporal body, initiation rites, physiology, Tantra, Reiki practice, religious experience, technological body modifications, and ethics and the body. Providing a breadth of rich and innovative research, it is a must-read for students and scholars in religious studies, theology, philosophy, sociology, anthropology, psychology, history, and cultural and gender studies. Chapter 7 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
The Way Of Complete Perfection
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language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2013-06-05
The Way Of Complete Perfection written by and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-05 with Religion categories.
Originating about 1163 CE, Quanzhen (Complete Perfection) Daoism is one of the most important Daoist movements in Chinese history. It remains the dominant form of monastic Daoism in the modern world, especially in its Longmen (Dragon Gate) lineage. This landmark anthology provides complete or partial translations of twenty-one Quanzhen texts. Most have never been translated or even discussed in scholarly literature. Louis Komjathy gives particular attention to work completed by the Quanzhen movement's founder, Wang Chongyang (1113–1170 CE), and his first generation disciples. Translations include representative works from every major genre of Quanzhen literature, from poetry and discourse records to didactic texts, commentaries, and hagiographies. Three monastic manuals from the late medieval and late imperial periods of Quanzhen history are also included. An introduction to Quanzhen Daoism begins the work, and each chapter provides discussions of the history and topics relevant to each translation.
Cultivating A Tradition Of Perfection
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Author : Mark Brutton
language : en
Publisher: Hunters & Frankau Limited
Release Date : 2002
Cultivating A Tradition Of Perfection written by Mark Brutton and has been published by Hunters & Frankau Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Cigar makers categories.
The Oxford Handbook Of Religious Conversion
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Author : Marc David Baer
language : en
Publisher: Oxford Handbooks
Release Date : 2014
The Oxford Handbook Of Religious Conversion written by Marc David Baer and has been published by Oxford Handbooks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Religion categories.
This handbook offers a comprehensive exploration of the dynamics of religious conversion, which for centuries has profoundly shaped societies, cultures, and individuals throughout the world.
Pursuing The Mystery Of Perfection
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Author : Jelani Kafela
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010-10-31
Pursuing The Mystery Of Perfection written by Jelani Kafela and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-31 with categories.
Chinese Healing Exercises
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Author : Livia Kohn
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2008-09-30
Chinese Healing Exercises written by Livia Kohn and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-30 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Daoyin, the traditional Chinese practice of guiding the qi and stretching the body is the forerunner of Qigong, the modern form of exercise that has swept through China and is making increasing inroads in the West. Like other Asian body practices, Daoyin focuses on the body as the main vehicle of attainment; sees health and spiritual transformation as one continuum leading to perfection or self-realization; and works intensely and consciously with the breath and with the conscious guiding of internal energies. This book explores the different forms of Daoyin in historical sequence, beginning with the early medical manuscripts of the Han dynasty, then moving into its religious adaptation in Highest Clarity Daoism. After examining the medieval Daoyin Scripture and ways of integrating the practice into Tang Daoist immortality, the work outlines late imperial forms and describes the transformation of the practice in the modern world. Presenting a rich crop of specific exercises together with historical context and comparative insights, Chinese Healing Exercises is valuable for both specialists and general readers. It provides historical depth and opens concrete details of an important but as yet little-known health practice.
Taoism And Self Knowledge
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Author : Catherine Despeux
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2018-11-26
Taoism And Self Knowledge written by Catherine Despeux and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-26 with Religion categories.
In Taoism and Self Knowledge, Catherine Despeux develops a history of the "Chart for the Cultivation of Perfection" a text containing an array of meditative techniques for individual salvation and thunder rites. This chart was transmitted widely among Taoists in Quanzhen tradition.
Cultivating Virtue
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Author : Cheryl Dore
language : en
Publisher: Xulon Press
Release Date : 2005-08
Cultivating Virtue written by Cheryl Dore and has been published by Xulon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-08 with Religion categories.
"Cultivating Virtues" brings a message of hope for women lamenting imperfections--the devoted disciple trying to do everything right who aches with envy when encountering a woman she assumes is everything she is not.