The Teachings of Daoist Master Zhuang is a verbatim account of an oral tradition that originated in three Daoist mountains of China: Longhu Shan in Jiangxi, Mao Shan in Jiangsu, and Wudang Shan in Hubei provinces. The oral teachings are taken verbatim from hand-written manuals that are transmitted from master to disciple at these and other sacred sites. The orthodox Daoist tradition taught by Master Zhuang uses these rituals to help the ordinary people of China’s villages, towns, and cities to celebrate rites of passage, annual festivals and ancestor memorials.

The Teachings of Daoist Master Zhuang

Politics & Social Sciences

Saso, Michael R.

Philosophy

Oracle Bones Press

A Taoist Cookbook: With Meditations Taken from the Laozi Daode Jing

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Tuttle Pub

The Gold Pavilion: Taoist Ways to Peace, Health, and Long Life is a step-by-step instruction of Taoist meditation from ancient China. The writings of the ancient Chinese Taoist masters tell us that when the mind, heart, and body are in tune with the harmonics of nature, a new inner peace emerges. This peace can be achieved through Taoist meditation, which is revealed in this fascinating book. Author Michael Saso provides a concise introduction to the history of and many sources from which Taoism is drawn. he outlines the essential Taoist texts, theChing, the Tao-te Ching and the Chuang-tzu, as well as the different forms of Taoist and Tibetan Tantric meditation. he then offers an engaging translation of theGold Pavilion classic, a Taoist meditation first practiced by a great forth-century mystic, Lady Wei Huacun, founder of a special kind of Taoism called the Highest Pure School. This important text teaches how to find Tao, "the Way," within by emptying the mind and heart of all desires and concepts. Combining discussions of Chinese philosophy, history and healing arts, The Golden Pavilion reveals a way to find inner peace and harmony in a world with little time for quiet contemplation.

The Gold Pavilion: Taoist Ways to Peace, Healing, and Long Life

Religion & Spirituality

Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc.

A view of Chinese religion from the Taoist perspective, derived from field work in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the People’s Republic of China, this book is based on the Taoist hypothesis that all Chinese rites of passage and festivals are structured by Yin-yang Five Element cosmology. Buddhist and Taoist meditation of emptying, marriage, birthing, initiation, burial, ancestor rituals, and the annual festivals are described through the eyes of the experts called on to serve family and village needs. The work ends with a view of religion in the People’s Republic of China during a period of renewal and restoration.

Blue Dragon White Tiger: Taoist Rites of Passage (Asian Spirituality, Taoist Studies Series)

The Taoist Center

Tantric Art and Meditation: The Tendai Tradition describes the four basic meditations of Tantric Buddhism: the Eighteen-path Mandala, the Lotus-womb Mandala, the Vajra-thunder Mandala, and the Goma Rite of Fire. The book summarizes the teachings of Tendai Tantric Buddhism, as practiced on Mt. Hiei, Kyoto, by a Master of the Homan devotional (Bakhti) school, one of the major kinds of Tantric Meditation practiced in Japan. Profuse woodblock and line art illustrate the mudra, mantra, and mandala of Tantric practice.

Tantric Art and Meditation: The Tendai Tradition

New Age & Spirituality

Tendai Educational Foundation

Taoism and the Rite of Cosmic Renewal introduces the rituals of orthodox Taoism.

Taoism and the Rite of Cosmic Renewal

Washington State Univ Pr

Mystic, Shaman, Oracle, Priest (MYSHOP): Prayers Without Words

Other Religions, Practices & Sacred Texts

Sino-Asian Institute of America

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