The Lunar Tao - Meditations in Harmony with the Seasons

Informationen zum Autor Deng Ming-Dao is the author of eight books, including 365 Tao , The Living I Ching , Chronicles of Tao , Everyday Tao , and Scholar Warrior . His books have been translated into fifteen languages. He lives in San Francisco. Klappentext We all live our lives by the Sun and the Moon The lunar calendar is a main pillar of Chinese tradition and culture, encompassing many festivals and stories. Though most explorations of Taoism take place within the realm of scripture, exercises, and formal lectures, Deng Ming-Dao looks to the lunar calendar and highlights where these festivals and stories coincide with Taoism, giving readers a renewed and original way into this ancient philosophy. Each day of the lunar year is represented with a reading meditation, original translations, illustrations, and illuminating facts about festivals and traditions, providing readers with the context that gives Taoism such depth and resonance. Unlike any other book, and beautifully illustrated with more than 400 photo-graphs and drawings, The Lunar Tao offers a new way to explore Taoism and shows readers how to include the tenets of Taoism in daily life. Zusammenfassung From Taosim expert Ming-Dao Deng comes The Lunar Tao: Meditations in Harmony with the Seasons, bringing to life the Chinese Lunar Calendar via the prism of Taoism. In The Lunar Tao, each day of the Lunar year is represented with a reading meditation, beautiful Chinese illustrations, and interesting facts about the festivals and traditions, providing readers with the context that gives Taoism such depth and resonance. Ming-Dao Deng, the bestselling author of 365 Tao: Daily Meditations , shows how to bring the tenets of Taoism into everyday life.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ming-Dao Deng, Deng Ming-Dao
• Editore: Harper Collins Uk
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 29.01.2013
• EAN: 9780062116888
• ISBN: 978-0-06-211688-8
• Pagine: 464
• Dimensioni: 190 mm x 235 mm x 32 mm
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia; Zen Buddhism, Philosophy of religion, Personal religious testimony and popular inspirational works, Spirituality and religious experience, Religion and beliefs, Mind, body, spirit: meditation and visualization, RELIGION: Inspirational, PHILOSOPHY: Religious, PHILOSOPHY: Eastern, RELIGION: Taoism (see also PHILOSOPHY / Taoist), PHILOSOPHY: Taoist, SELF-HELP: Meditations, RELIGION: Buddhism / Zen (see also PHILOSOPHY / Zen), RELIGION: Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY: Zen, RELIGION: Faith