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In Philosophical Enactment and Bodily Cultivation in Early Daoism, Thomas Michael illuminates the formative early histor......more

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This is the first English-language book on the philosophy of Ji Kang. Moreover, it offers the first systematic treatment......more

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Presents the most important portrayals of the Daoist master Yang Zhu throughout Chinese history, from the Warring States......more

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The author demystifies the spiritual path of Eastern Spiritual practices by removing dogma and culture and mystical stor......more

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What distinguishes human beings from other animals and creatures, and what does religion-in particular, Zen Buddhism-hav......more

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Zen Path of Paradox Poetry is a collection of over 100 poems with 45 colour illustrations by Treshan on charting the cou......more

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In this book, Cooper brings together psychoanalysis and Zen Buddhism by offering a comprehensive and integrated model, d......more

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First published in 1990, East of Existentialism was written to explore new perspectives on eternal questions such as ’Wh......more

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The monk Tangseng has harsh words for his eldest disciple, the monkey king Sun Wukong. His pride hurt, Sun Wukong compla......more

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The four travelers run into difficulties and temptations in a nation of women and girls. First, the monk Tangseng and hi......more

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As the travelers continue westward, the monkey king Sun Wukong steals rice from an elderly villager’s kitchen. Then the ......more

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The Monkey King Sun Wukong leads the Tang monk and his two fellow disciples westward until their path is blocked by a ri......more

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