Meditation Techniques Of The Buddhist And Taoist Masters

Author : Daniel Odier
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2003-01-28
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781620554432

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Meditation Techniques of the Buddhist and Taoist Masters by Daniel Odier Pdf

A guide to the mental disciplines and visualizations that Masters have used for ages in their quest for illumination. * An insider's view of specific meditation techniques and the steps necessary for a wide variety of * Buddhist and Taoist meditation practices. * By the author of Tantric Quest (15,000 sold) and Desire: The Tantric Path to Awakening. The esoteric practices followed in the quest for divinity generally remain a secret to the world--kept cloistered away for only the most ascetic practitioners. Now Daniel Odier, having immersed himself in the life and spiritual practices of Buddhist and Taoist monasteries throughout India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Japan, reveals actual teachings passed on by the sages who are living expressions of their tradition. Looking beyond doctrine, dogma, and philosophical treatises that ignore direct experiences of the practice, Odier provides a direct path to the heart of the religious experience that can be discovered through meditation. Beginning with the simple and fundamental steps necessary to prepare for meditation, Odier guides the reader through the specifics of the mental disciplines and visualizations that Buddhist and Taoist masters have used for ages in their quest for illumination. To devote oneself to meditation, in the sense understood by Buddhists and Taoists, is to realize the understanding of how every fiber of our being converges with all creation. Meditation Techniques of the Buddhist and Taoist Masters is a valuable guide to all who are in search of that realization.

Author : Daniel Odier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Buddhism
ISBN : 085692119X

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Nirvana Tao by Daniel Odier Pdf

Author : Thomas Cleary
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2000-07-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 083482549X

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Taoist Meditation by Thomas Cleary Pdf

The ancient meditation techniques of Taoism encompass a wide range of practices—with an aim toward cultivating a healthy body as well as an enlightened mind. These selections from classic texts of Taoist meditation represent the entire range of techniques—from sitting meditation practices to internal alchemy. Most of the texts appear here in English for the first time. Selections are taken from the following classics: • Anthology on Cultivation of Realization: A document from 1739 (Ming Dynasty) that emphasizes development of the natural, social, and spiritual elements in human life. • Treatise on Sitting Forgetting: A Tang Dynasty text that sets meditation practice in terms familiar to Confucians and Buddhists. • Sayings of Taoist Master Danyang: Wisdom of the Taoist wizard and representative of the Complete Reality School. • Secret Writings on the Mechanism of Nature: An anthology taken from one hundred sixty-three Taoist sources, including ancient classics and works on meditation and spiritual alchemy, along with admonitions and teachings of the great Taoist luminaries. • Zhang Sanfeng's Taiji Alchemy Secrets: A treatise on the inner mediation practices that are the proper foundation of the martial art Taiji. • Secret Records of Understanding the Way: A rare and remarkable collection of talks by an anonymous Taoist master of the later Qing dynasty (1644–1911). Traditional teachings with a sometimes strikingly modern bent.

Author : Daniel Odier
Publisher : Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2003-01-28
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0892819677

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Meditation Techniques of the Buddhist and Taoist Masters by Daniel Odier Pdf

Odier"" guides the reader through the specifics of the mental disciplines and visualizations that Buddhist and Taoist masters have used for ages in their quest for illumination. To devote oneself to meditation, in the sense understood by Buddhists and Taoists, is to realize the understanding of how every fiber of our being converges with all creation.

Author : Ge Guolong,Huang Yuanji
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2024-03-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780834845565

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Taoist Inner Alchemy by Ge Guolong,Huang Yuanji Pdf

A fascinating guide to the mental, physical, and esoteric spiritual transformative Taoist practices designed to increase longevity and unity with the world—with commentary and interpretation on the traditional text by a contemporary academic and meditation practitioner. Taoist alchemical practices are renowned for their mental, physical, and spiritually transformative benefits—including longevity and increased connection to the world around us. In this guide to Master Huang Yuanji’s Taoist classic, Ge Guolong presents the basics of inner alchemy and the tradition’s most essential meditation practices—along with explanations of the fundamental theories and methods one needs to actually start walking the path. Historically, Taoist teachers borrowed complex terminology from astrology, numerology, and metallurgical alchemy to describe the process of individual transformation that occurs as a result of long-term meditation practice. Ge Guolong demystifies that classical terminology, illuminating Taoism’s straightforward and eminently practical philosophy. These vivid explanations of Huang Yuanji’s discourses—a Taoist master from the late-Ming, early-Qing Dynasty (1636–1912)—are particularly striking for their clarity, relevance to day-to-day life, and close relationship to the philosophy of such works as the Tao Te Ching and Chuang-tzu. Synthesizing numerous streams of Chinese philosophy and elucidating their lived practice, Taoist Inner Alchemy is as an excellent entry point to discover the riches of traditional Taoist thought and meditation.

Author : Isabelle Robinet
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1993-04-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438417530

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Taoist Meditation by Isabelle Robinet Pdf

Isabelle Robinet's Taoist Meditation is the first and only scholarly study to discuss the ancient Mao-shan Taoist tradition of visionary meditation while, at the same time, helping to clarify the little understood relationship among the early Taoist classics, the Buddhist tradition, and the later Taoist religion. Most importantly, Taoist Meditation is a pioneering study that fully and accurately describes the unique visionary cosmology, bodily symbolism, astral journeys, internal alchemy, meditational techniques, and ritual practices of the Mao-shan or Shang-chi'ing (Great Purity) movement—one of the most important foundational traditions making up the overall Taoist religion. This English version of Robinet's work is more than a simple translation.Taoist Meditation presents a significantly expanded edition of the original French text which includes up-to-date bibliographies of Robinet's work and other Western scholarship on Taoism, additional illustrations, and a newly compiled list of textual citations.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2004-10-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780834825260

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Seven Taoist Masters by Anonim Pdf

History and legend are interwoven in this folk novel that both entertains and instructs. Written by an unknown author, Seven Taoist Masters is the story of six men and one woman who overcome tremendous hardships on the journey to self-mastery. These characters and their teacher, Wang Ch'ung-yang, are all historical figures who lived in the Southern Sung (1127–1279) and Yuan (1271–1368) dynasties. Wang is regarded as the greatest patriarch of the Complete Reality school, a highly purified branch of Taoism having a strong affinity with Zen Buddhism. The novel brings to life the essentials of Taoist philosophy and practice, both through the instructions offered by Wang—on topics such as the cultivation of mind and body, meditation techniques, and overcoming the obstacles to enlightenment—and through the experiences of the characters.

Author : Michael Saso
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781462907489

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Gold Pavilion by Michael Saso Pdf

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, the Ching, 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 the Gold 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.

Author : Taoshobuddha
Publisher : Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2008-04-01
Category : Meditation
ISBN : 8120738896

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Meditation: The Way of Self-Realization by Taoshobuddha Pdf

Book & CD. A real master will not try to convince you of the truth, but he will definitely persuade you towards it. A master can only help you in removing the obstacles so that meditation happens! The purpose of this book is to expose you to the path of Great Masters like Buddha, Nanak, Jesus, Mohammed and other flowers like Socrates, Heraclitus, Lau Tzu, Lei Tzu, Krishna, Ramakrishna, Raman, Osho, etc. The names are many more; only one has to be prepared for the journey. Your body is the temple of the unknown. It is a miracle of the unknown! The harmony that the body creates may become the door to inner harmony! Breathing is the alphabet of the body and through it one is easily bridged to meditation. One only has to be aware of it! One simply is! No thinking. No feeling. This is the ultimate experience of bliss! Beyond this there is nothing! This is the eternal search! You have arrived home! This is meditation! The audio CD leads you through Guided Meditation.

Author : Yin Shih Tzu,Shifu Hwang,Cheney Crow
Publisher : Singing Dragon
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781848191129

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Tranquil Sitting by Yin Shih Tzu,Shifu Hwang,Cheney Crow Pdf

This is the Taoist Master Yin Shi Zi's inspirational testament and practical guide to the healing power and spiritual benefits of meditation. The book offers in-depth documentation of the theory, physiological aspects and instruction for the practice of meditation, and provides an account of Yin Shi Zi's personal experiences with meditation.

Author : Luis S.R. Vas
Publisher : Pustak Mahal
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2004-12
Category : Meditation
ISBN : 9788122306910

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Meditation by Luis S.R. Vas Pdf

This is an excellent practical guide to learn the wide-ranging forms of meditation techniques practised in the ancient times as well as the present.

Author : Loy Ching-Yuen,Du Liang,Trevor Carolan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1556432399

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The Supreme Way by Loy Ching-Yuen,Du Liang,Trevor Carolan Pdf

Taoist Master Loy Ching-Yuen wrote The Supreme Way to give his students an understanding of how China’s three great religious traditions have co-existed for two thousand years. Occasionally breathtaking in its description of the process of higher Taoist meditation, The Supreme Way also delineates Buddhist compassion and Confucian humanism, and shows how these vary from each other and Taoism. Never before translated or published in English, The Supreme Way contains chapters on each tradition.

Author : Stuart Alve Olson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2002-03-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781594775963

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Tao of No Stress by Stuart Alve Olson Pdf

Teaches the three paths that Taoist masters have used for centuries to create tranquillity in one's life. • Adapts ancient Taoist wisdom to address the problems of a frenetic lifestyle. • Offers clear instructions for releasing, massaging, and breathing stress away. • Explores the mind/body/stress connection, showing that once the mind is calm, the body can function at its best. Starting from the basic principle of "If you want to know how to eliminate stress, ask someone who is without stress," Stuart Alve Olson introduces the simple, time-tested exercises of Taoist masters to teach even the most harried Westerner how to go beyond reducing stress to eliminating it all together. Olson offers easy-to-use techniques to help us let go of tension and mental strain through breathing, mental relaxation, and massage. Readers will learn from fifth-century physician T'ao Hung-ching the Six Sounds therapy that can be practiced between phone calls at the office or during morning traffic. Whether rubbing a simple pressure point in the middle of a meeting or enjoying breathing methods like the Heng Ha breath all day long, readers will discover the gifts of tranquillity, health, and balance offered by age-old Taoist practices. Tao of No Stress utilizes traditional verse, photos, and the down-to-earth guidence of the author to teach both the experienced Taoist practitioner and the complete novice how to live stress free in a stress full world.

Author : Dharma Master Hsin Tao
Publisher : Balboa Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-20
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781982210281

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The Power of Zen Meditation by Dharma Master Hsin Tao Pdf

If you’re reading this, it’s no accident: It’s time to enjoy some serious Zen enlightenment! There’s no one better to guide you than Dharma Master Hsin Tao, whose very name (“Hsin” means “heart” and “Tao” means “path”) signals what to expect from the spiritual journey you’ll embark on with this book. The contemporary spiritual master delivers a message of “Three Yanas (vehicles), One Dharma.” In doing so, he answers questions such as: • What is the essence of Zen? • What is the wisdom of the Buddha? • How can Zen meditation help you find your true nature of mind? • What are the four stages of developing a modern-day Dharma practice? • How can you feel and develop the power of Zen? In ten spiritual dialogues, the author shares practical advice, Zen techniques, guided meditations, stories, koans, and other gems of wisdom that will guide you through the inner and outer worlds. Bring clarity to your mind, gain a true sense of inner sacredness, and embrace boundless love and profound peace with The Power of Zen Meditation

Author : Robert Altobello
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1433106922

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Meditation from Buddhist, Hindu, and Taoist Perspectives by Robert Altobello Pdf

Engages readers with its original philosophical and pragmatic analysis of traditional Asian religions, philosophy, meditation practice, and the supreme spiritual ideals associated with the Hindu, Buddhist, and Taoist traditions. The text boldly bridges the theory/practice distinction. A central underpinning rests on the assumption that meditation practice without theory is groundless and that theory without practice is useless. Identifies and analyzes common elements found across traditions in which the practice of meditation plays a central role in human development, and readers will find a wealth of detailed reflection on the relationship between spiritual growth and meditation practice from the Hindu, Buddhist, and Taoist perspectives. From publisher description.