Opening the Dragon Gate

The Making of a Modern Taoist Wizard

Chen Kaiguo, Zheng Shunchao, Thomas Cleary (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

1998
Tuttle Publishing (Verlag)
978-0-8048-3185-7 (ISBN)

Infos

This text presents a biograpy of Wang Liping, the 18th generation transmitter of Dragon Gate Taoism, heir to a tradition of esoteric knowledge and practice accumulated and refined over 11 centuries.

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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 to a tradition of esoteric knowledge and practice accumulated and refined over eleven centuries. This is the first English translation by noted writer Thomas Cleary of the authorized biography by two longtime disciples of this living master of the Dragon Gate branch of the Complete Reality school of Taoism, which integrated Buddhism and Confucianism into a comprehensive new form of Taoism.

Autor

Cheng Kaiguo and Zheng Shunchao are students of the modern Taoist master Wang Liping and live in Beijing. Translator Thomas Cleary is considered the foremost translator of Chinese Taoist and Buddhist texts.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.9.1998
• Übersetzer: Thomas Cleary
• Verlagsort: Boston
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 152 x 229 mm
• Gewicht: 397 g
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
• ISBN-10: 0-8048-3185-8 / 0804831858
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8048-3185-7 / 9780804831857
• Zustand: Neuware