The Sacred and the Secular in Taoism: Theories, Practices, and Communities

doi:10.3390/books978-3-7258-1174-8

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Guo, Wu (editor)

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English

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Abstract

As a type of native Chinese religion, Taoism is very di?erent from Western religions, and this Special Issue reveals certain characteristics of Chinese Taoism from the following three perspectives: theory, practice, and community. This reprint comprises original studies that emphasize the ideas of Taoism; discuss Taoist practices of cultivation, magic, and rituals; talk about Taoist communities and their institutional systems; and analyze the sacred and secular elements of these topics.

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https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/139268

Keywords

body; shanshui; Daoism; inner landscape; inner alchemy; self-cultivation; the early Lingbao scriptures; gender; female; equality; Daoist cultivation; Quanzhen Taoism; institutional charisma; local performing arts; Yuan Dynasty; Zhao Yizhen; Zhang Tianquan; Thunder Method of Hunyuan; the Great Dictionary of Taoism; entry; meaning; definition; documentary evidence; convention; Longmen Xizhu Xinzong; Dipper Method; Tang Tantrism; Taoism in the Qing Dynasty; Taoism; weiyi; zhai and jiao rituals; state ceremony; Fushi; Quanzhen Daoism; Wang Chongyang; Qizhen (Seven True Ones); “Laozi Huahu (converting the barbarians)”; origin; ethnic relations; Laozi’s deification; Buddhism; ancient Lingbao scriptures; Lingbao celestial scripts; Catalogue of Lingbao Scriptures; Daoist philosophy; great high lord Lao; cosmic concept; Kunlun mountain; great clarity heaven; supreme pole heaven; purple sublimity palace; Taoist female worship; culture root-seeking; classical principles; contemporary practices; Daoist monasticism; Daoist monasteries; Daoguan; Celestial Masters; n/a