Taoist Meditation
Methods for Cultivating a Healthy Mind and Body
A curated collection of ancient texts that shed light on the full breadth of Taoist meditation practices
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…
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July 5, 2000Thomas Cleary holds a PhD in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University and a JD from the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law. He is the translator of over fifty volumes of Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian, and Islamic texts from Sanskrit, Chinese, Japanese, Pali, and Arabic.
The Art of War
Sun Tzu; translated by Thomas Cleary
Treasury of the Eye of True Teaching
Dahui; translated by Thomas Cleary
Sage Leadership
Thomas Cleary
The Zen Reader
Thomas Cleary
The Art of War
Sun Tzu; translated by Thomas Cleary
Pocket Taoist Wisdom
Thomas Cleary
The Book of Five Rings
Miyamoto Musashi; translated by Thomas Cleary
I Ching
Cheng Yi, translated by Thomas Cleary
I Ching
Cheng Yi, translated by Thomas Cleary
Ways of Warriors, Codes of Kings: Lessons in Leadership from the Chinese Classic
Translated by Thomas Cleary
El arte de la guerra
Sun Tzu
The Taoism Reader
Edited and translated by Thomas Cleary
Tao Te Ching
Lao Tzu, Takuan Soho; translated by Thomas Cleary