Author: Ming-Dao Deng
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062306863
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
In this beautifully illustrated offering of ancient wisdom, Deng Ming-Dao shares the secrets of the spiritual path handed down to him by Kwan Saihung, his Taoist master, as well as by herbalists, martial artists, and other practitioners of the ancient arts. Deng shows how Taoist philosophy and practice may be integrated into contemporary Western lifestyles for complete physical, mental, and spiritual health. He provides an abundance of philosophical and practical information about hygiene, diet, sexuality, physical exercise, meditation, medicine, finding one's purpose in life, finding the right teacher, death, and transcendence.
Scholar Warrior
Author: Ming-Dao Deng
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062306863
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
In this beautifully illustrated offering of ancient wisdom, Deng Ming-Dao shares the secrets of the spiritual path handed down to him by Kwan Saihung, his Taoist master, as well as by herbalists, martial artists, and other practitioners of the ancient arts. Deng shows how Taoist philosophy and practice may be integrated into contemporary Western lifestyles for complete physical, mental, and spiritual health. He provides an abundance of philosophical and practical information about hygiene, diet, sexuality, physical exercise, meditation, medicine, finding one's purpose in life, finding the right teacher, death, and transcendence.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062306863
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
In this beautifully illustrated offering of ancient wisdom, Deng Ming-Dao shares the secrets of the spiritual path handed down to him by Kwan Saihung, his Taoist master, as well as by herbalists, martial artists, and other practitioners of the ancient arts. Deng shows how Taoist philosophy and practice may be integrated into contemporary Western lifestyles for complete physical, mental, and spiritual health. He provides an abundance of philosophical and practical information about hygiene, diet, sexuality, physical exercise, meditation, medicine, finding one's purpose in life, finding the right teacher, death, and transcendence.
A Warrior Blends with Life
Author: Michael LaTorra
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781556431609
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Tao Te Ching, or The Classic of the Way and its Virtue, is considered to contain the essence of Taoism. Fr 2,500 years this book has been a major influence on Chinese thought, shifting it from a preoccupation with Confucian rules of day-to-day conduct to concern with a more spiritual level of being. Author Michael LaTorra’s training in internal martial arts and his understanding of the new physics influence his reading of the Tao Te Ching, grappling with the vicissitudes of contemporary culture and the ever-shifting nature of reality.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781556431609
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Tao Te Ching, or The Classic of the Way and its Virtue, is considered to contain the essence of Taoism. Fr 2,500 years this book has been a major influence on Chinese thought, shifting it from a preoccupation with Confucian rules of day-to-day conduct to concern with a more spiritual level of being. Author Michael LaTorra’s training in internal martial arts and his understanding of the new physics influence his reading of the Tao Te Ching, grappling with the vicissitudes of contemporary culture and the ever-shifting nature of reality.
Warriors of the Tao
Author: Damien Broderick
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781434435361
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Science Fiction: A Review of Speculative Literature is one of the world's leading journals of science fiction. Warriors of the Tao includes 16 essays from this landmark (but little-known) review, distilling its witty and sometimes controversial dialogue about fantastic writing during the last third of a century, including such topics as: the NON-sf writing of Philip K. Dick, sex with an intelligent ape, Cordwainer Smith's astonishing instrumentality and Underpeople stories, Gerald Murnane's unsettling alternate history in The Plains, and many others. The contributors include: Russell Blackford, Terry Dowling, Bruce Gillespie, Van Ikin, Sylvia Kelso, David Lake, Sean McMullen, David Medlen, Helen Merrick, Yvonne Rousseau, Bruce Shaw, Darko Suvin, the late George Turner, and Tess Williams.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781434435361
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Science Fiction: A Review of Speculative Literature is one of the world's leading journals of science fiction. Warriors of the Tao includes 16 essays from this landmark (but little-known) review, distilling its witty and sometimes controversial dialogue about fantastic writing during the last third of a century, including such topics as: the NON-sf writing of Philip K. Dick, sex with an intelligent ape, Cordwainer Smith's astonishing instrumentality and Underpeople stories, Gerald Murnane's unsettling alternate history in The Plains, and many others. The contributors include: Russell Blackford, Terry Dowling, Bruce Gillespie, Van Ikin, Sylvia Kelso, David Lake, Sean McMullen, David Medlen, Helen Merrick, Yvonne Rousseau, Bruce Shaw, Darko Suvin, the late George Turner, and Tess Williams.
After the Oracle
Author: Shane Anderson
Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing
ISBN: 1646051475
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
In 2016, Shane Anderson made a vow to live according to the four core values of the Golden State Warriors to escape a decade of defeats—including divorce, debilitating spinal surgery and a suicide attempt. The basketball team’s values of joy, mindfulness, compassion, and competition became Anderson’s guiding principles, providing him a lens to investigate a myriad of social, personal, philosophical, and political issues, such as homelessness, the promises and failures of rave culture, and the limits of self-help. Part memoir, part essay, and part chronicle of the greatest five-year stretch of a team in NBA history, After the Oracle depicts the makes and misses of one expat trying to make a life worth living.
Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing
ISBN: 1646051475
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
In 2016, Shane Anderson made a vow to live according to the four core values of the Golden State Warriors to escape a decade of defeats—including divorce, debilitating spinal surgery and a suicide attempt. The basketball team’s values of joy, mindfulness, compassion, and competition became Anderson’s guiding principles, providing him a lens to investigate a myriad of social, personal, philosophical, and political issues, such as homelessness, the promises and failures of rave culture, and the limits of self-help. Part memoir, part essay, and part chronicle of the greatest five-year stretch of a team in NBA history, After the Oracle depicts the makes and misses of one expat trying to make a life worth living.
Warriors of Virtue
Author: Robert Tine
Publisher: Berkley
ISBN: 9781572972438
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
In the paradise of Tao, a land unknown to man, live five special kangaroo-like creatures. Each warrior represents one of five virtues--benevolence, righteousness, order, wisdom, loyalty. Together, the Warriors of Virtue embark on a heroic journey, to save their paradise from the evil warlord Komodo.
Publisher: Berkley
ISBN: 9781572972438
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
In the paradise of Tao, a land unknown to man, live five special kangaroo-like creatures. Each warrior represents one of five virtues--benevolence, righteousness, order, wisdom, loyalty. Together, the Warriors of Virtue embark on a heroic journey, to save their paradise from the evil warlord Komodo.
Barefoot Doctor's Guide to the Tao
Author: Stephen Russell
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
ISBN: 9780812931587
Category : Health
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Barefoot Doctor's Healing Prescription Barefoot Doctor's Guide to the Tao is a modern approach to an ancient art that will give you the tools you need to survive and thrive amid the growing pressures of modern life. Here is the Tao with hipness, humor, and a complete lack of inscrutability. The Tao, which translates roughly as "The Way," is a basic philosophy for focusing the mind, channeling energy, and strengthening the spirit. Genuinely erudite but also highly practical, this book will help you learn the skills of meditation, psychic shielding, mindfulness, and magic to enhance your experience of reality. You'll also pick up instant advice on hundreds of challenges facing today's busy urban warrior: ¸ work ¸ sex ¸ money ¸ success ¸ politics ¸ travel ¸ relationships ¸ drugs ¸ healing ¸ technology ¸ freedom For anyone striving for inner harmony on our messy old planet, let Barefoot Doctor walk the Tao for you.
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
ISBN: 9780812931587
Category : Health
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Barefoot Doctor's Healing Prescription Barefoot Doctor's Guide to the Tao is a modern approach to an ancient art that will give you the tools you need to survive and thrive amid the growing pressures of modern life. Here is the Tao with hipness, humor, and a complete lack of inscrutability. The Tao, which translates roughly as "The Way," is a basic philosophy for focusing the mind, channeling energy, and strengthening the spirit. Genuinely erudite but also highly practical, this book will help you learn the skills of meditation, psychic shielding, mindfulness, and magic to enhance your experience of reality. You'll also pick up instant advice on hundreds of challenges facing today's busy urban warrior: ¸ work ¸ sex ¸ money ¸ success ¸ politics ¸ travel ¸ relationships ¸ drugs ¸ healing ¸ technology ¸ freedom For anyone striving for inner harmony on our messy old planet, let Barefoot Doctor walk the Tao for you.
Ways of Warriors, Codes of Kings
Author:
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 1570625697
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Here is a concise and user-friendly presentation of the ancient Chinese principles of leadership and strategy in the words of the masters themselves. Thomas Cleary has put together this collection of gems of wisdom from six of the great classics, including excerpts from his best-selling translation of The Art of War and other lesser-known but insightful texts.
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 1570625697
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Here is a concise and user-friendly presentation of the ancient Chinese principles of leadership and strategy in the words of the masters themselves. Thomas Cleary has put together this collection of gems of wisdom from six of the great classics, including excerpts from his best-selling translation of The Art of War and other lesser-known but insightful texts.
Tao Te Ching
Author: Stefan Stenudd
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781514208045
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Tao Te Ching is the 2,500 years old source to Taoism, written by the legendary Taoist philosopher Lao Tzu. In 81 short chapters, he presented the world according to Tao, the Way, and how mankind should adapt to it. The book has become one of the foremost world classics of wisdom - maybe even more relevant today, than it was to Lao Tzu's contemporaries. This translation of the text focuses on the clarity and simplicity by which Lao Tzu expresses his fascinating cosmology and profound ethics. Each chapter is thoroughly explained, also regarding how this old wisdom can be understood and applied today. Stefan Stenudd is a Swedish writer of both fiction and non-fiction. As a historian of ideas, he studies the thought patterns in creation myths around the world. He is also a high-grade instructor of the peaceful martial art aikido, which he has practiced for almost 40 years.
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781514208045
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Tao Te Ching is the 2,500 years old source to Taoism, written by the legendary Taoist philosopher Lao Tzu. In 81 short chapters, he presented the world according to Tao, the Way, and how mankind should adapt to it. The book has become one of the foremost world classics of wisdom - maybe even more relevant today, than it was to Lao Tzu's contemporaries. This translation of the text focuses on the clarity and simplicity by which Lao Tzu expresses his fascinating cosmology and profound ethics. Each chapter is thoroughly explained, also regarding how this old wisdom can be understood and applied today. Stefan Stenudd is a Swedish writer of both fiction and non-fiction. As a historian of ideas, he studies the thought patterns in creation myths around the world. He is also a high-grade instructor of the peaceful martial art aikido, which he has practiced for almost 40 years.
DreamWorks Kung Fu Panda: The Tao of Po
Author: Barbara Layman
Publisher: Studio Fun International
ISBN: 9780794435219
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
“Legendary adventures of awesomeness!” The Tao of Po brings the wisdom of DreamWorks' Kung Fu Panda to readers young and old. Inspiration for all ages, this book also makes a perfect graduation gift. Live in the now. Accept your destiny. Believe things happen for a reason. Follow your passion. And know that you can be an unlikely hero. Featuring the wisdom of all three DreamWorks Kung Fu Panda movies, The Tao of Po is an entertaining take on the path to enlightenment. For anyone seeking inner awesomeness!
Publisher: Studio Fun International
ISBN: 9780794435219
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
“Legendary adventures of awesomeness!” The Tao of Po brings the wisdom of DreamWorks' Kung Fu Panda to readers young and old. Inspiration for all ages, this book also makes a perfect graduation gift. Live in the now. Accept your destiny. Believe things happen for a reason. Follow your passion. And know that you can be an unlikely hero. Featuring the wisdom of all three DreamWorks Kung Fu Panda movies, The Tao of Po is an entertaining take on the path to enlightenment. For anyone seeking inner awesomeness!
Lai and the Headhunters
Author: John Vornholt
Publisher: Berkley
ISBN: 9781572972841
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Toby discovers there are things he's afraid of--first among them the headhunters in the surrounding jungle. Lai is asked to fight them but he has a different idea.
Publisher: Berkley
ISBN: 9781572972841
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Toby discovers there are things he's afraid of--first among them the headhunters in the surrounding jungle. Lai is asked to fight them but he has a different idea.