Cultivating Stillness

A Taoist Manual for Transforming Body and Mind

By Lao Tzu
Translated by Eva Wong

$21.95
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9780877736875
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Shambhala Publications
11/01/1992
Pages: 184
Size: 5.5 x 8.5
ISBN: 9780877736875
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Equanimity, good health, peace of mind, and long life are the goals of the ancient Taoist tradition known as "internal alchemy," of which Cultivating Stillness is a key text. Written between the second and fifth centuries, the book is attributed to T'ai Shang Lao-chun—the legendary figure more widely known as Lao-Tzu, author of the Tao-te Ching . The accompanying commentary, written in the nineteenth century by Shui-ch'ing Tzu, explains the alchemical symbolism of the text and the methods for cultivating internal stillness of body and mind. A principal part of the Taoist canon for many centuries, Cultivating Stillness is still the first book studied by Taoist initiates today.