Cultivating perfection : mysticism and self-transformation in early Quanzhen Daoism / by Louis Komjathy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Komjathy, Louis, 1971-

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Sinica Leidensia ; v. 76.

Sinica Leidensia, 1547-1217 ; v. 75 [i.e. 76]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quan zhen jiao.

Taoism--China.

Taoism.

China.

Wang, Chongyang, 1112-1170.

Wang, Chongyang.

Physical Description:

xv, 553 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

Contents:

Approaches to Daoist Studies

On the Meaning of Quanzhen

Defining Characteristics

Part 1 Early Quanzhen in Historical and Comparative Perspective

Chapter 1 Historical Development 33

Formative Phase

Wang Chongyang and the First-Generation Disciples

Incipient Organized and Organized Phases

From Religious Movement to Monastic Order

Chapter 2 Two Self Praxis Experience 63

Considering Self

Transformative Praxis

Mysticism and Experience

Self Praxis, Experience

Chapter 3 Ordinary Human Being 98

Self as Decaying Corpse

Skeletons and Marionettes

Sources of Dissipation

Abandoning Habituation and Conditioning

Chapter 4 Self in Cultivational Context 114

Foundational Views

Beyond Ordinary Human Being

The Alchemical Body

The Quanzhen Synthesis

Chapter 5 Foundational Practices 147

Ethical Rectification and Purification

Seclusion and Meditation Enclosure

Ascetic Commitments

Chapter 6 Advanced Training Regimens 174

Wugeng Training

Cultivating Clarity and Stillness

Inner Observation

Alchemical Methods

Transformations of Self

Chapter 7 Mystical Experiences and Numinous Abilities 216

Encounters with Immortals

Signs of Successful Training

Boons along the Way

Chapter 8 Mystical Being and Mystical Experiencing 239

Transformational Experiences

Formation of the Yang-spirit

Immortality and Perfection

Mystical Being and Mystical Experiencing

Part 2 Complete Annotated Translation of the Chongyang Zhenren Jinguan Yusuo Jue

Translation Introduction: Approaching Perfected Chongyang's Instructions 265

Date and Authorship

Survey of Contents

Annotated Translation: Perfected Chongyang's Instructions on the Gold Pass and Jade Lock 286

Appendix 1 Concise Chronology of Early Quanzhen Daoism 371

Appendix 2 Genealogy of Early Quanzhen Daoism 378

Appendix 3 Early Quanzhen Textual Corpus 382

Appendix 4 Chinese Text of Chongyang zhenren jinguan yusuo jue 423

Appendix 5 Towards a Technical Glossary of Early Quanzhen Daoism 435

Appendix 6 Comparative Chart of Hachiya's Annotations with the Text Contained in the Daoist Canon (DZ 1156) 490

Character Glossary 493

Works Thought Through 507.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [507]-533) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9004160388

9789004160385

OCLC:

153579250

Publisher Number:

99965051109