{"product_id":"the-taoist-body-paperback","title":"The Taoist Body - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKristofer Schipper\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKaren C. Duval\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eNorman Girardot\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ancient system of thought known as Taoism remains today the least well known of the world's great religions and one of the most inaccessible aspects of Chinese culture. This is in large part because Western thought clings to the notion of the separation of matter and spirit, body and soul. Taoism refuses this dualism and considers the body's perfection as essential as the soul's redemption is to Christianity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKristofer Schipper's elegant and lucid introduction to the traditions of Taoism and the masters who transmit them will reward all those interested in China and in religions. The result of over twenty-five years of research, including eight years of fieldwork in China, Schipper's book retraces, step by step, the way that leads from Chinese shamanism and traditional village life to the physical Tending Life techniques, which in turn lead to the mysticism of Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu. Schipper shows the fundamental unity underlying all aspects of Taoism as Taoism considers itself to be. The social body-the community, the village, the land-corresponds in all aspects to the physical body in Taoism. In both of them the survival of humanity is decided here and now. \"My destiny is within me, not in Heaven!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKristofer Schipper\u003c\/b\u003e is currently Directeur d'Etudes at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Sorbonne, Paris. An ordained Taoist priest and one of the world's leading authorities on Taoism, Schipper has published extensively on the subject in French, English, Chinese, and Japanese. \u003cb\u003eKaren C. Duval\u003c\/b\u003e is Research Editor with \u003ci\u003eThe Papers of Benjamin Franklin\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eNorman Girardot\u003c\/b\u003e is chairman of the Department of Religious Studies at Lehigh University and author of \u003ci\u003eMyth and Meaning in Early Taoism\u003c\/i\u003e (California, 1983).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 8.92 x 6.01 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 19, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45390767816806,"sku":"9780520082243","price":70.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/SktVcFMvUlluSHFDTStid0xSR0dTZz09.webp?v=1775112591","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-taoist-body-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}