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Daoist
Dietetics Food for Immortality
Livia Kohn in cooperation with Ute Engelhardt
Daoist Dietetics provides an introductory overview of the main
characteristics, historical developments, and recipes of the Daoist diet.
It begins with two analytical parts: first a section that discusses traditional
Chinese medicinal diets the foundation of Daoist eating; then a more specific
part on the theory, history, and practices of Daoist nutrition. Beyond
this, it presents translations of four medieval texts on bigu,
the Daoist way of transforming ordinary eating into living on qi; and concludes
with a selection of recipes, divided according to dishes, such as breakfast
cereals, salads, and desserts.
Beyond
the Daode jing Twofold Mystery in Tang Daoism
Friederike Assandri
Developing at a time of intense interaction and debate among Daoists and
Buddhists, Twofold Mystery integrates many originally Buddhist concepts
into a Daoist theory of salvation based on, yet going beyond, the Daode
jing. Heir to the philosophical tradition of Dark Learning or Mystery Study
as well as to Daoist devotional and immortality schools of the Six Dynasties,
Twofold Mystery is key to understanding medieval Daoist thought.
Internal
Alchemy: Self, Society, and the Quest for Immortality
edited by Livia Kohn and Robin R. Wang
Internal alchemy (neidan) has been the dominant system of Daoist spiritual
practice since the Song dynasty, when it was defined as the complex integration
of multiple forms of Daoist self-cultivation. Its practitioners transform
body energies into subtle levels of spirit and pure cosmic being, hoping
to find illumination by returning to the fundamental order of the cosmos
and in the process reconcile physiological training with intellectual speculation.
Myth
and Meaning in Early Daoism: The Theme of Chaos (Hundun)
N. J. Girardot
Myth and Meaning in Early Daoism examines some of the earliest texts associated
with the Daoist tradition (primarily the Daode jing, Zhuangzi, and Huainanzi)
from the outlook of the comparative history of religions and finds a kind
of thematic and soteriological unity rooted in the mythological symbolism
of hundun, the primal chaos being and principle that is foundational for
the philosophy and practice of the Dao as creatio continua in cosmic, social,
and individual life.
The
Way of Highest Clarity
James Miller
The Way of Highest Clarity was a Daoist religious movement that flourished
for a thousand years in medieval China. This book explains its chief religious
ideas and practices through three key texts, translated into English for
the first time.
Meditation
Works in the Daoist, Buddhist and Hindu Traditions
Livia Kohn
This work explores meditation as the inward focus of attention in a state
of mind where ego-related concerns and critical evaluations are suspended.
Journal of Daoist Studies
The second volume of this new journal covering theory and practice in Daoist
Studies is due out in February 2009.
Laughing
at the DaoLivia Kohn
This work outlines the Xiaodao lun (Laughing at the Dao), an important document of the debates among Buddhists and Daoists in sixth-century China.