Cultivating Perfection : Mysticism and Self-transformation in Early Quanzhen Daoism
Louis. Komjathy
Bok Engelsk 2007 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Leiden : : BRILL, , 2007.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (576 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Tables; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Introduction --- Approaches to Daoist Studies. On the Meaning of Quanzhen. Defi ning Characteristics. Scope of the Study; PART ONE EARLY QUANZHEN IN HISTORICAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE; Chapter One Historical Development --- Formative Phase. Wang Chongyang and the First-Generation Disciples. Incipient Organized and Organized Phases. From Religious Movement to Monastic Order. - Appendix Six Comparative Chart of Hachiya's Annotations with the Text Contained in the Daoist Canon (DZ 1156)Character Glossary; Works Thought Through; Index. - Chapter Six Advanced Training Regimens --- Wugeng Training. Cultivating Clarity and Stillness. Inner Observation. Alchemical Methods. Transformations of SelfChapter Seven Mystical Experiences and Numinous Abilities --- Encounters with Immortals. Signs of Successful Training. Boons along the Way; Chapter Eight Mystical Being and Mystical Experiencing --- Transformational Experiences. Formation of the Yang-spirit. Immortality and Perfection. Mystical Being and Mystical Experiencing; PART TWO COMPLETE ANNOTATED TRANSLATION OF THE CHONGYANG ZHENREN JINGUAN YUSUO JUE. - Chapter Two Self, Praxis, Experience --- Considering Self. Transformative Praxis. Mysticism and Experience. Self, Praxis, ExperienceChapter Three Ordinary Human Being --- Self as Decaying Corpse. Skeletons and Marionettes. Sources of Dissipation. Abandoning Habituation and Conditioning; Chapter Four Self in Cultivational Context --- Foundational Views. Beyond Ordinary Human Being. The Alchemical Body. The Quanzhen Synthesis; Chapter Five Foundational Practices --- Ethical Rectifi cation and Purifi cation. Seclusion and Meditation Enclosure. Ascetic Commitments. - Translation Introduction: Approaching Perfected Chongyang's Instructions --- Date and Authorship. Survey of ContentsAnnotated Translation: Perfected Chongyang's Instructions on the Gold Pass and Jade Lock; APPENDICES; Appendix One Concise Chronology of Early Quanzhen Daoism; Appendix Two Genealogy of Early Quanzhen Daoism; Appendix Three Early Quanzhen Textual Corpus; Appendix Four Chinese Text of Chongyang zhenren jinguan yusuo jue; Appendix Five Towards a Technical Glossary of Early Quanzhen Daoism. - This important work focuses on early Quanzhen (Complete Perfection) Daoism, a twelfth-century Daoist religious movement and subsequent monastic order. Emphasis in this first study to approach Quanzhen from a comparative religious studies perspective is placed on the complex interplay among views of self, specific training regimens, and the types of experiences that were expected to follow from dedicated praxis. On the basis of historical contextualization and textual analysis it is demonstrated that in its formative and incipient organized phases Quanzhen was a Daoist religious community consi
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| ISBN | 9004160388. - 9789004160385
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