Practicing the Tao Te Ching

Practicing the Tao Te Ching
Author: Solala Towler
Publisher: Sounds True
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2016-05-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9781622036035

Most people think of the Tao Te Ching as a book on philosophy or a treatise on leadership. Yet there is a little-known treasure hidden within the familiar passages of Lao Tzu’s work: step-by-step practical guidance for the spiritual journey. With Practicing the Tao Te Ching, renowned teacher Solala Towler reveals a new facet to this spiritual classic, offering accessible instructions paired with each of the 81 verses of the Tao Te Ching. "Tao is a way of deep reflection and learning from nature, considered the highest teacher," writes Towler. "It teaches us to follow the energy flows within the heavens, the earth, and our own bodies." With lucid instruction and deep insight, he guides you through meditations, movement and breathing practices, subtle energy exercises, and inner reflections—all to help you to embody Taoist wisdom in every aspect of your life.

Laotzu's Tao and Wu Wei

Laotzu's Tao and Wu Wei
Author: Dwight Goddard
Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.
Total Pages: 125
Release: 2007-04-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1602063168

In this clarion translation of Laotzu's Tao Te Ching, first published in 1919, Goddard brings the complexity and depth of the ancient philosopher's poetry into the English language, his great love for the topic overcoming the necessary shortcomings of translation. There are three concepts that are essential to the Tao Te Ching-Tao, Te, and Wu Wei-that all have complex meanings that cannot be directly translated, but spiritual seekers and those with an interest in philosophy and religion will find Goddard's treatment of Laotzu lyrical and deeply meaningful. American writer DWIGHT GODDARD (1861-1939) studied at a monastery in Kyoto, Japan, for a year and was among the first Westerners to bring Zen Buddhism to the United States. His most famous book is The Buddhist Bible (1938).

Create Your Own Religion

Create Your Own Religion
Author: Daniele Bolelli
Publisher: Red Wheel Weiser
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2013-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1938875028

Create Your Own Religion is a call to arms--an open invitation to question all the values, beliefs, and worldviews that humanity has so far held as sacred in order to find the answers we need to the very practical problems facing us. Writer, philosopher, and professor of comparative religion, Daniele Bolelli, leads the reader through three thousand years of mythology, misogyny, misinformation, and the flat-out lies about "revealed truth" that continue to muddle our ability to live a peaceful life, free of guilt and shame and the ultimate fear of death. "Our worldviews are in desperate need of some housecleaning," says Bolelli. "We enter the 21st century still carrying on our backs the prejudices and ways of thinking of countless past generations. What worked for them may or may not still be of use, so it is our job to make sure to save the tools that can help us and let go of the dead weight."

The Taoist Inner View of the Universe and the Immortal Realm

The Taoist Inner View of the Universe and the Immortal Realm
Author: Hua Ching Ni
Publisher: Tao of Wellness Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1979
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780937064023

In The Taoist Inner View of the Universe, readers can learn the way to obtain mental and spiritual clarity. This book not only provides spiritual protection to the sincere student through the many incantations, but may also enlighten the way for every serious person to probe the very possibility of immortality.

Martial Tao's World

Martial Tao's World
Author: , Zhenyinfang
Publisher: Funstory
Total Pages: 537
Release: 2020-03-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1648570607

The demons in the dark suddenly appeared in front of Li Dayin, and zirou, the soul of her most beloved woman, was also imprisoned in the body by the demons. In order to save zirou, Li's parents suddenly appeared beside him. Through the selfless dedication of six tail Mei Hu, she was stopped by Li Dayan when she was ready to save zirou, and tried her best to save her favorite woman. The dark hand stretched out to Li Dayan again and again, and his parents disappeared. Even his father's unique secret skills were taken away by the traitor. In order to regain power, Li Dayan resolutely embarked on the road of no return. Fight back to the dark hand.

Taoist Astral Healing

Taoist Astral Healing
Author: Mantak Chia
Publisher: Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2004-04-12
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9780892810895

While Taoism centers on creating physical health that is deeply rooted in the earth's energies, individuals also require energies from the stars and planets to continue to grow and to develop their full soul potential, as addressed by this step-by-step program.

Two Visions of the Way

Two Visions of the Way
Author: Alan K. L. Chan
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 330
Release: 1991-01-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 0791498727

Daoism and Ecology

Daoism and Ecology
Author: N. J. Girardot
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 560
Release: 2001
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

The authors in this volume consider the intersection of Daoism and ecology, looking at the theoretical and historical implications associated with a Daoist approach to the environment. They also analyze perspectives found in Daoist religious texts and within the larger Chinese cultural context in order to delineate key issues found in the classical texts.

The Tokugawa World

The Tokugawa World
Author: Gary P. Leupp
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 1484
Release: 2021-09-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 1000427412

With over 60 contributions, The Tokugawa World presents the latest scholarship on early modern Japan from an international team of specialists in a volume that is unmatched in its breadth and scope. In its early modern period, under the Tokugawa shoguns, Japan was a world apart. For over two centuries the shogun’s subjects were forbidden to travel abroad and few outsiders were admitted. Yet in this period, Japan evolved as a nascent capitalist society that could rapidly adjust to its incorporation into the world system after its forced "opening" in the 1850s. The Tokugawa World demonstrates how Japan’s early modern society took shape and evolved: a world of low and high cultures, comic books and Confucian academies, soba restaurants and imperial music recitals, rigid enforcement of social hierarchy yet also ongoing resistance to class oppression. A world of outcasts, puppeteers, herbal doctors, samurai officials, businesswomen, scientists, scholars, blind lutenists, peasant rebels, tea-masters, sumo wrestlers, and wage workers. Covering a variety of features of the Tokugawa world including the physical landscape, economy, art and literature, religion and thought, and education and science, this volume is essential reading for all students and scholars of early modern Japan.