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- catalog abstract ""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."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
- catalog contributor b13319567.
- catalog coverage "Taoist priests China Quanzhou Shi History.".
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""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."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-254) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- Cultivating clarity and purity -- The Asceticism of the Quanzhen Masters -- Cultivating health and longevity -- Visions and other trance phenomena -- The miraculous powers of the Quanzhen Masters -- Death and dying in Early Quanzhen Taoism -- The compassion of the Early Quanzhen Masters -- Rituals in Early Quanzhen Taoism -- Conclusion.".
- catalog extent "vii, 274 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0791460452 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0791460460 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng chi".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Albany : State University of New York,".
- catalog spatial "China Quanzhou Shi".
- catalog spatial "China".
- catalog spatial "Taoist priests China Quanzhou Shi History.".
- catalog subject "299.5/149 22".
- catalog subject "BL1910 .E75 2004".
- catalog subject "Quan zhen jiao History.".
- catalog subject "Taoism China History.".
- catalog subject "Taoism China Quanzhou Shi History.".
- catalog subject "Taoist priests China History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- Cultivating clarity and purity -- The Asceticism of the Quanzhen Masters -- Cultivating health and longevity -- Visions and other trance phenomena -- The miraculous powers of the Quanzhen Masters -- Death and dying in Early Quanzhen Taoism -- The compassion of the Early Quanzhen Masters -- Rituals in Early Quanzhen Taoism -- Conclusion.".
- catalog title "The teachings and practices of the early Quanzhen Taoist masters / Stephen Eskildsen.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".