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Seven Taoist Masters: A Folk Novel of China

10 best books like Seven Taoist Masters: A Folk Novel of China (Eva Wong): Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits, Chronicles of Tao: The Secret Life of a Taoist Master, The Secret of the Golden Flower: A Chinese Book of Life, The Taoist I Ching, Records of the Grand Historian: Qin Dynasty, Bones of the Master: A Journey to Secret Mongolia, The Essential Tao, Taoism, The Tao of Daily Life: The Mysteries of the Orient Revealed The Joys of Inner Harmony Found The Path to Enlightenment Illuminated, The Second Book of the Tao

Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits
AuthorBill Porter
ISBN1562790412
Great interviews on with Chinese hermits on Taoist and Buddhist practice and philosophy. Porter conveys the glad search for the remaining hermits and their remote temples and caves - this tradition hangs on, and there are more masters in the mountains than he'd thought. On the other hand, there's a...
Chronicles of Tao: The Secret Life of a Taoist Master
AuthorMing-Dao Deng
ISBN0062502190
For the first time in one volume—an extraordinary spiritual odyssey of the making of the Taoist master Kwan Saihung. Born into a wealthy family in a remote province of China, Kwan defies his parents' wishes and enters into the rigorous and mysterious discipline of Taoist practice. Renamed "Little...
The Secret of the Golden Flower: A Chinese Book of Life
AuthorLü Dongbin
ISBN0156799804
El secreto de la flor de oro es el secreto de los poderes de crecimiento latentes en la psique humana. A partir de esta definición, Jung y Wilhelm abordan un nuevo enfoque de la sabiduría china –tomando como fuentes un antiguo sistema del yoga chino y la psicología analítica– y nos demuestran...
The Taoist I Ching
AuthorLiu Yiming
ISBN0394743873
The I Ching , or "Book of Change," is considered the oldest of the Chinese classics and has throughout history commanded unsurpassed prestige and popularity. Containing several layers of text and given numerous levels of interpretation, it has captured continuous attention for well over two thousand...
Records of the Grand Historian: Qin Dynasty
AuthorSima Qian
ISBN0231081693
Das Geschichtswerk des antiken China

Das "Shi Ji", hier als "Records of the Grand Historian" präsentiert, ist mit die wichtigste Quelle für Informationen über das antike China vor und während der Han-Dynastie. Ganz gemäß dem Temperament der konfuzianischen Chinesen mit ihrer Vergangenheitsfixierung...
Bones of the Master: A Journey to Secret Mongolia
AuthorGeorge Crane
ISBN0553379089
In 1959 a young monk named Tsung Tsai (Ancestor Wisdom) escapes the Red Army troops that destroy his monastery, and flees alone three thousand miles across a China swept by chaos and famine. Knowing his fellow monks are dead, himself starving and hunted, he is sustained by his mission: to carry on the...
The Essential Tao
AuthorThomas Cleary
ISBN0641535414
The four stars are for the translation. Ranking the Tao Te Ching or Chuang Tzu is a fairly hilarious idea, equivalent to rating the New Testament. No book of any sort is more important to my way of thinking and, to the extent I can stay centered and uncentered, acting, in the world. Taoism is grounded in notions...
Taoism
AuthorJohn Blofeld
ISBN1570625891
A religion with roots stretching back nearly five thousand years, Taoism combines elements of folklore, occult sciences, cosmology, yoga, meditation, poetry, and exalted mysticism. Mysterious and charmingly poetic, it is a living remnant of a way of life which has almost vanished from the world....
The Tao of Daily Life: The Mysteries of the Orient Revealed The Joys of Inner Harmony Found The Path to Enlightenment Illuminated
AuthorDerek Lin
ISBN1585425834
The perfect book for readers who are interested in Taoism and want a little daily inspiration.

The Tao of Daily Life combines ancient Eastern wisdom with practical application-perfect for busy Western readers! Derek Lin, Taoist master and expert in Eastern philosophy, brings his deep knowledge...
The Second Book of the Tao
AuthorStephen Mitchell
ISBN1594202036
Enhanced by Stephen Mitchell’s illuminating commentary, the next volume of the classic manual on the art of living

The most widely translated book in world literature after the Bible, Lao-tzu’s Tao Te Ching, or Book of the Way, is the classic manual on the art of living. Following the phenomenal...
Fourth Uncle in the Mountain: The Remarkable Legacy of a Buddhist Itinerant Doctor in Vietnam
AuthorMarjorie Pivar
ISBN0312314310
Set during the French and American wars in South Vietnam, Fourth Uncle in the Mountain is the true story of an orphan, Quang Van Nguyen, adopted by a sixty-four-year-old monk, Thau, who carries great responsibility for his people as a barefoot doctor. Thau manages against all odds to raise his son to...
The Demon's Sermon on the Martial Arts
AuthorIssai Chozanshi
ISBN4770030185
The Demon said to the swordsman, "Fundamentally, man's mind is not without good. It is simply that from the moment he has life, he is always being brought up with perversity. Thus, having no idea that he has gotten used to being soaked in it, he harms his self-nature and falls into evil. Human desire is the...
Iron Shirt Chi Kung
AuthorMantak Chia
ISBN1594771049
An introduction to the ancient Kung Fu practice designed to unify physical, mental, and spiritual health

• Describes the unique Iron Shirt air-packing techniques that protect vital organs from injuries

• Explains the rooting practice exercises necessary to stabilize and...
Opening the Dragon Gate: The Making of a Modern Taoist Wizard
AuthorChen Kaiguo
ISBN0804831858
This authorized biography of the contemporary Taoist expert Wang Liping (1949 -) tells the true story of his apprenticeship in Taoist wizardry, as well as Taoist principles and secrets of inner transformation.

The 18th-generation transmitter of Dragon Gate Taoism, Wang Liping is heir...
Great Disciples of the Buddha: Their Lives, Their Works, Their Legacy
AuthorNyanaponika Thera
ISBN0861713818
A perennial favorite, Great Disciples of the Buddha is now relaunched in our best-selling Teachings of the Buddha series.

Twenty-four of the Buddha's most distinguished disciples are brought to life in ten chapters of rich narration. Drawn from a wide range of authentic Pali sources, the...
The Dao of Taijiquan: Way to Rejuvenation
AuthorTsung Hwa Jou
ISBN0804813574
In The Dao of Taijiquan, the author, Jou, Tsung Hwa, himself bears witness to the ability of Tai-Chi to relieve the body of pent-up tension and rejuvenate the spirit in a thorough study of the techniques and classical texts of this ancient martial art. In order to create a serious textbook that explains...
T'Ai Chi Classics
AuthorWaysun Liao
ISBN1570627495
According to Master Liao, the great power of T'ai Chi cannot be realized without knowing its inner meaning. T'ai Chi Classics presents the inner meaning and techniques of T'ai Chi movements through translations of three core classics of T'ai Chi, often considered the "T'ai Chi Bible." The texts are...
Satan: The Early Christian Tradition
AuthorJeffrey Burton Russell
ISBN0801494133
Undeniably, evil exists in our world; we ourselves commit evil acts. How can one account for evil's ageless presence, its attraction, and its fruits? The question is one that Jeffrey Burton Russell addresses in his history of the concept of the Devil the personification of evil itself. In the predecessor...
Sex Magic, Tantra & Tarot: The Way of the Secret Lover
AuthorChristopher S. Hyatt
ISBN1561840440
This book offers the student of Western Tantra the knowledge and inner truth that has been hidden from us since conception. This is a new and expanded edition wherein you will find a wealth of practical and passionate Tantric techniques utilizing the archetypal images of the Tarot. Nothing is held back....
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