Daoist meditation : the Purification of the Heart Method of Meditation, and "Discourse on Sitting and Forgetting (Zuo Wang Lun") by Si Ma Cheng Zhen / translated and with a commentary by Wu Jyh Cherng ; foreword by Eva Wong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sima, Chengzhen, 647?-735. Zuo wang lun. English., author of introduction, etc.

Contributor:

Wu, Jyh Cherng, 1958-2004., translator.

Standardized Title:

Meditação taoista. English.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sima, Chengzhen, 647?-735. Zuo wang lun.

Sima, Chengzhen.

Meditation--Taoism.

Meditation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 p.)

Place of Publication:

London, [England] ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Singing Dragon, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This translation of Discourse on Sitting and Forgetting, an 8th century classic Chinese text on meditation, is accompanied by an explanatory introduction and commentary. Master Cherng explains the text in a way that can be fully understood by the Western reader and explains how to practice the Purification of the Heart method of meditation.

Contents:

DAOIST MEDITATION; Foreword; Disclaimer; Acknowledgements; The Use of PĪn YĪn; Introduction; Preface to the English Edition; Preface; Part I: Xīn Zhāi Fǎ; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Fundamentals of the Method; Chapter 3: Theoretical Considerations; Chapter 4: Practising Meditation; Part II: Zuò Wàng Lùn; About the Author; Preface; Chapter 1: Trust and Respect; Chapter 2: Breaking the Ties; Chapter 3: Gathering the Mind; Chapter 4: Simplifying the Activities; Chapter 5: Authentic Contemplation; Chapter 6: Peaceful Fixation; Chapter 7: Possessing the Path; Afterword; Blank Page

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Related Work:

Wu, Jyh Cherng, 1958-2004. Meditação taoista. English., translator.

Sima, Chengzhen, 647?-735. Zuo wang lun. English., author of introduction, etc.

ISBN:

0-85701-161-8