Der Taoist und Philosoph Ch'en T'uan, der im 10. Jahrhundert auf dem Hua-shan lebte, war mitverantwortlich fur die Synthese von Konfuzianismus, Taoismus und Buddhismus in der Sung-Zeit. Sein Leben wurde als das eines beispielhaften Hsien-Heiligen vielfach legendarisch ausgestaltet. Die Untersuchung seiner Legende deckt Strukturen der Typisierung auf und problematisiert den Begriff -Hsien-. Weiterhin werden die Bedeutung fur die politische Legitimation gezeigt und der Zusammenhang mit dem religiosen Ideal des Taoismus nachgewiesen."
Der Taoist und Philosoph Ch'en T'uan, der im 10. Jahrhundert auf dem Hua-shan lebte, war mitverantwortlich fur die Synthese von Konfuzianismus, Taoism...
The timeless wisdom of this classic Taoist text can become a companion on your own spiritual journey.
The Chuang-tzu is the second major text of the Taoist tradition. It was compiled in the third century BCE and follows the lead of the best-known and oldest of all Taoist texts, the Tao-te-ching (Book of the Tao and Its Potency). Representing the philosophy of its main author, Chuang Chou, along with several other early Taoist strands, the text has inspired spiritual seekers for over two thousand years.
Using parable, anecdote, allegory and paradox, the...
The timeless wisdom of this classic Taoist text can become a companion on your own spiritual journey.
The golden age of Daoists, rather than being imaginary, closely matches life in the Mesolithic, ca. 9000-5000 BCE, a sedentary form of hunting and collecting before the full development of agriculture and the rise of stratified societies and discriminating consciousness. The book examines fundamental Daoist values, modes of thinking, dietetics, communities, leadership ideals, nonviolence, gender equality as well as methods of self-cultivation in relation to prehistoric patterns. An enlightening account of Daoism in the context of human development since the Paleolithic, Pristine Affluence...
The golden age of Daoists, rather than being imaginary, closely matches life in the Mesolithic, ca. 9000-5000 BCE, a sedentary form of hunting and col...