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The Teachings and Practices of the Early Quanzhen Taoist Masters (Suny Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture)

by Stephen Eskildsen

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Published by State University of New York Press .
Written in

    Subjects:
  • Religion & Beliefs,
  • Religion: general,
  • Religion - World Religions,
  • History,
  • Religion,
  • Taoism,
  • Taoist,
  • Eastern - Taoism,
  • Eastern,
  • Eastern - General,
  • China,
  • Quan zhen jiao,
  • Quanzhou Shi,
  • Taoist priests

  • The Physical Object
    FormatPaperback
    Number of Pages274
    ID Numbers
    Open LibraryOL7803179M
    ISBN 100791460460
    ISBN 109780791460467

    During its first decades, Quanzhen had no official existence. The teachings halls (tang) and hermitages (an) founded then were not recognized by the state and many masters were not ordained the Quanzhen teachings quickly became popular, adepts were often invited into guan, the usually family-run official headquarters for Taoist communities.   See Louis Komjathy, Cultivating Perfection: Mysticism and Self-transformation in Early Quanzhen Daoism (Leiden: Brill, ); Louis Komjathy, The Way of Complete Perfection: A Quanzhen Daoist Anthology (Albany: State University of New York Press, ); and also, Stephen Eskildsen, The Teachings and Practices of the Early Quanzhen Taoist.

    Ascetic practices are a common feature of religion in Japan, practiced by different religious traditions. This book looks at these ascetic practices in an inter-sectarian and inter-doctrinal fashion, in order to highlight the underlying themes common to all forms of asceticism. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture Ser.: The Teachings and Practices of the Early Quanzhen Taoist Masters by Stephen Eskildsen (, Trade Paperback, Annotated edition) at the best online prices at .

      Stephen Eskildsen is North Callahan Distinguished Professor of Religion at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and the author of Asceticism in Early Taoist Religion and The Teachings and Practices of the Early Quanzhen Taoist Masters, both also published by SUNY Press. Stephen Eskildsen, The Teachings and Practices of the Early Quanzhen Taoist Masters.


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