Chuang-tzu

The Tao of Perfect Happiness-Selections Annotated & Explained

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Produktbeschreibung

A fresh, modern translation of key selections from this timeless text opens up classic Taoist beliefs and practices with insightful commentary that highlights how you can live a more balanced, authentic and joyful life by following Taoist principles.

Produktdetails

• SkyLight Illuminations
• Verlag: Jewish Lights Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 456g
• ISBN-13: 9781683360094
• ISBN-10: 1683360095
• Artikelnr.: 45378351

Autorenporträt

Livia Kohn, PhD, a leading Taoist scholar, is professor emerita of religion and East Asian studies at Boston University. She is author or editor of over twenty-five books and many articles on Taoism and East Asian religions, including Daoism and Chinese Culture; Daoism Handbook; Health and Long Life: The Chinese Way and Chuang-tzu: The Tao of Perfect Happiness -Selections Annotated & Explained (SkyLight Paths). She teaches workshops all over the world, spearheads international conferences on Taoist studies and is executive editor at Three Pines Press and the Journal of Daoist Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction vii
Universal Patterns
1. Perfect Happiness 3
2. The Universe 17
3. Life and Death 33
4. Cosmos and Destiny 47
Body and Mind
5. The Self 61
6. Dreams 75
7. The Human Mind 87
Self-Transformation
8. Oblivion 103
9. Realizing Tao 119
10. The Perfected 137
The New Life
11. Uselessness 153
12. Natural Skills 167
13. In the World 179
14. When in Power 193
Suggestions for Further Reading 207