The Gold Pavilion: Taoist Ways to Peace, Healing, and Long Life Saso, Michael R

The Gold Pavilion: Taoist Ways to Peace, Health, and Long Life is a stepbystep instruction of Taoist meditation from ancient ChinaThe writings of the ancient Chinese Taoist masters tell us that when the mind, heart, and body are in tune with the harmonics of nature, a new inner peace emerges This peace can be achieved through Taoist meditation, which is revealed in this fascinating bookAuthor Michael Saso provides a concise introduction to the history of and many sources from which Taoism is drawn he outlines the essential Taoist texts, theChing, the Taote Ching and the Chuangtzu, as well as the different forms of Taoist and Tibetan Tantric meditation he then offers an engaging translation of theGold Pavilion classic, a Taoist meditation first practiced by a great forthcentury mystic, Lady Wei Huacun, founder of a special kind of Taoism called the Highest Pure School This important text teaches how to find Tao, the Way, within by emptying the mind and heart of all desires and conceptsCombining discussions of Chinese philosophy, history and healing arts, The Golden Pavilion reveals a way to find inner peace and harmony in a world with little time for quiet contemplation ISBN10: 0804830606 ISBN13: 9780804830607Material Type: paperback