The Teachings and Practices of the Early Quanzhen Taoist Masters

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SUNY Press, 2004年6月23日 - 274 頁
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Stephen Eskildsen’s book offers an in-depth study of the beliefs and practices of the Quanzhen (Complete Realization) School of Taoism, the predominant school of monastic Taoism in China. The Quanzhen School was founded in the latter half of the twelfth century by the eccentric holy man Wan Zhe (1113–1170), whose work was continued by his famous disciples commonly known as the Seven Realized Ones. This study draws upon surviving texts to examine the Quanzhen masters’ approaches to mental discipline, intense asceticism, cultivation of health and longevity, mystical experience, supernormal powers, death and dying, charity and evangelism, and ritual. From these primary sources, Eskildsen provides a clear understanding of the nature of Quanzhen Taoism and reveals its core emphasis to be the cultivation of clarity and purity of mind that occurs not only through seated meditation, but also throughout the daily activities of life.
  

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Introduction
1
Historical Summary
3
Preview of This Books Contents
18
Cultivating Clarity and Purity
21
Conclusion
38
The Asceticism of the Quanzhen Masters
39
Cultivating Health and Longevity
57
The Anatomy
61
Healing and Ritual Thaumaturgy
134
Wondrous Mirages
137
Conclusion
138
Death and Dying in Early Quanzhen Taoism
139
Hagiography
140
Collected Sayings
148
Conclusion
153
The Compassion of the Early Quanzhen Masters
155

The Causes of Diseases and Death
67
How the Quanzhen Masters Combated Disease and Death
76
Nurturing the Qi and Completing the Spirit
90
Visions and Other Trance Phenomena
95
A Remarkable Incident from the Childhood of Yin Zhiping
96
Communications from Realized Beings of Past and Present
97
Sights Sounds Tastes and Sensations
102
Difficulties and Frustrations Involved in Gaining Signs of Proof
110
Conclusion
113
The Miraculous Powers of the Quanzhen Masters
115
How to Attain Miraculous Power
117
Manifesting the Radiant Spirit
121
Clairvoyance
126
Two Physical Feats of Wang Zhe Confirmed by Qiu Chuji
132
Rituals in Early Quanzhen Taoism
171
Attitudes toward Rituals
173
The Quanzhen Masters As Ritual Pursuits
184
Final Remarks
191
Conclusion
195
Notes
201
Bibliography
245
Secondary Sources in Chinese
248
Secondary Sources in Japanese
249
Other Primary Sources
252
Glossary
255
Index
263
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Stephen Eskildsen is UC Foundation Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He is the author of Asceticism in Early Taoist Religion, also published by SUNY Press.

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