
The Taoist Classics (Volume 2)
The Collected Translations of Thomas Cleary
Shambhala Publications Inc (Publisher)
Published on 11. February 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
560 pages
978-1-57062-906-8 (ISBN)
Description
This collection of translated texts includes:
• Understanding Reality: A Taoist Alchemical Classic: A tenth-century text on the principles of inner alchemy.
• The Inner Teachings of Taoism: The essentials of self-transformation according to the Complete Reality School of Taoism, with commentary by Liu I-ming.
• The Book of Balance and Harmony: These essays, conversations, poetry, and songs about the secrets of Taoism teach how to live a centered and orderly life.
• Practical Taoism: A collection of the most accessible of the texts on inner alchemy.
• Understanding Reality: A Taoist Alchemical Classic: A tenth-century text on the principles of inner alchemy.
• The Inner Teachings of Taoism: The essentials of self-transformation according to the Complete Reality School of Taoism, with commentary by Liu I-ming.
• The Book of Balance and Harmony: These essays, conversations, poetry, and songs about the secrets of Taoism teach how to live a centered and orderly life.
• Practical Taoism: A collection of the most accessible of the texts on inner alchemy.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Boston
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 36 mm
Weight
730 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57062-906-8 (9781570629068)
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Person
Thomas Cleary holds a Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University. He is the translator of more than fifty volumes of Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian, and Islamic texts from Sanskrit, Chinese, Japanese, Pali, and Arabic.
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