Paperback: 158 pages
Publisher: Shambhala, 1992
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| Equanimity, good health, peace of mind, and long life are the goals of the ancient Taoist tradition known as "internal alchemy", of which Cultivating Stillness is a key text. Written between the second and fifth centuries, the book is attributed to T'ai Shang Lao-chun, the legendary figure more widely known as Lao-tzu, author of the Tao-te Ching. The accompanying commentary, written in the nineteenth century by Shui-ch'ing Tzu, explains the alchemical symbolism of the text and the methods for cultivating internal stillness of body and mind. A principal part of the Taoist canon for many centuries, Cultivating Stillness is still the first book studied by Taoist initiates today. |
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