| Cultivating Perfection: Mysticism and Self-Transformation in Early Quanzhen Daoism Contributor(s): Komjathy (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004160388 ISBN-13: 9789004160385 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $247.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2007 Annotation: Employing a comparative religious studies approach, this book provides a comprehensive discussion of early Quanzhen as a Daoist religious movement charactized by asceticism, alchemical transformation, and mystical experiencing. Emphasis is placed on the complex interplay among views of self, religious praxis, and religious experience. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Taoism (see Also Philosophy - Taoist) - Religion | History |
| Dewey: 299.514 |
| LCCN: 2007030631 |
| Series: Sinica Leidensia |
| Physical Information: 1.51" H x 6.87" W x 9.68" (2.59 lbs) 575 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Taoism - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This important work focuses on early Quanzhen (Complete Perfection) Daoism, a twelfth-century Daoist religious movement and subsequent monastic order. Emphasis in this first study to approach Quanzhen from a comparative religious studies perspective is placed on the complex interplay among views of self, specific training regimens, and the types of experiences that were expected to follow from dedicated praxis. On the basis of historical contextualization and textual analysis it is demonstrated that in its formative and incipient organized phases Quanzhen was a Daoist religious community consisting of a few renunciants dedicated to religious praxis. The study proper is followed by a complete annotated translation of a text attributed to the founder, which represents one of only two early Quanzhen texts translated to date. Subsequent appendices address issues of dating and contents of the early textual corpus as well as technical Quanzhen religious terminology. |