The Taoist Classics Volume Three: Vitality, Energy, Spirit; the Secret of the Golden Flower; Immortal Sisters; Awakening to the Tao: 003 - Hardcover

Cleary, Thomas F.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1570624879 ISBN 13: 9781570624872

Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc, 2000

Synopsis

This collection of translated texts includes: Vitality, Energy, Spirit: A Taoist Sourcebook: An extraordinarily rich and diverse collection of Taoist writings from the fifth century BCE to modern times. The Secret of the Golden Flower: The Classic Chinese Book of Life: Essentially a practical guide to the integration of personality—hailed by C. G. Jung as a link between the insights of the East and his own psychological research. Immortal Sisters: Secrets of Taoist Women: The writings of six distinguished Taoist women adepts writing between the fourth and twelfth centuries. Awakening to the Tao: Another treasure from Liu I-ming, this is a collection of one hundred fourty-two of the master's brief but admirably lucid essays on living according to the Tao.

About this title

Synopsis:

Vitality, Energy, Spirit is an extraordinarily rich and diverse collection of Taoist writings from the fifth century BCE to modern times. The Secret of the Golden Flower is a practical guide to the integration of personality. Immortal Sisters contains the writings of six distinguished Taoist women adepts between the fourth and twelfth centuries and Awakening to the Tao, by Liu I-ming, is a collection of 142 of the master's essays on living according to the Tao.

About the Author:

Thomas Cleary holds a doctorate in East Asian languages and civilization from Harvard University. He is the translator of over fifty volumes of Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian, and Islamic texts from Sanskrit, Chinese, Japanese, Pali, and Arabic--including the best-selling Art of War.

About this edition

• Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1570624879
• ISBN 13: 9781570624872
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 608