The Taoist Classics, Volume Three: The Collected Translations of Thomas Cleary

by Thomas Cleary

Overview

This collection of translated texts includes:

   •  Vitality, Energy, Spirit: A Taoist Sourcebook: An extraordinarily rich and diverse collection of Taoist writings from the fifth century BCE to modern times.
   •  The Secret of the Golden Flower: The Classic Chinese Book of Life: Essentially a practical guide to the integration of personality—hailed by C. G. Jung as a link between the insights of the East and his own psychological research.
   •  Immortal Sisters: Secrets of Taoist Women: The writings of six distinguished Taoist women adepts writing between the fourth and twelfth centuries.
   •  Awakening to the Tao: Another treasure from Liu I-ming, this is a collection of one hundred forty-two of the master's brief but admirably lucid essays on living according to the Tao.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781570629075
Publisher:	Shambhala
Publication date:	02/11/2003
Series:	The Taoist Classics , #3
Edition description:	First Paperback Edition
Pages:	576
Product dimensions:	5.85(w) x 8.99(h) x 1.42(d)

About the Author

Thomas Cleary holds a Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University. He is the translator of more than fifty volumes of Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian, and Islamic texts from Sanskrit, Chinese, Japanese, Pali, and Arabic.