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Publisher
Ambrose Video
Pub. Date
1977.
Language
English
Description
In our search for Chinese religious experience, we go to Taiwan. A whole pantheon of gods both local and imported from the mainland are worshipped in thousands of Buddhist and Taoist temples. Several strands make up the religious life of the village: a Confucian respect for past and the ancestors, the cosmic pattern of the Tao that permeates all levels of existence and manifests itself through oracles, the local gods who dispense justice and favors,...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In this groundbreaking documentary, well-known mystics from the Buddhist, Hindu, Advaita, and Taoist traditions discuss their own awakening experiences, the nature of mysticism, religious tolerance, love and compassion, spiritual practices, the many paths to truth, and world peace. Their comments and personal messages to the world weave together a tapestry of wisdom, compassion and promise.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
日本語
Description
How does one integrate lessons learned from nature in daily life? This feature documentary is an experiential journey into the mystical practices of Japanese mountain asceticism. In Shugendō (the way of acquiring power), practitioners perform ritual actions from shamanism, "Shintō," Daoism, and Tantric Buddhism. They seek experiential truth of the teachings during arduous climbs in sacred mountains. Through the peace and beauty of the natural...
Author
Publisher
Hampton Roads Publishing Company, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The Wisdom of the Tao is filled with 144 ancient stories that express profound truth by fusing delightful anecdotes with philosophy. Here are stories that lead people to do the following: flow with life, live from the heart, develop an openness to possibilities, live in balance, drop expectations, embrace acceptance...[Stories] help us make sense of who we are and how we got here. They keep us sane as we try to absorb our experiences, our aging,...
5) Peace
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the Tao Te Ching, this book asks how we can bring about peace in our lives and world.
Author
Publisher
Sounds True
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
In his 80th year, the great sage Lao Tzu made a difficult journey to the western gate of China. He was disillusioned that others were unwilling to learn his path to natural goodness and harmony with nature. At this legendary gate, a guard asked the old man to write down his wisdom. The result was the Tao Te Ching, which remains China's most enduring sacred text.
Now, over 2,000 years later, one of the West's leading authorities on the Tao introduces
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The most translated book in the world after the Bible, the Tao Te Ching, or "Book of the Way," is a guide to cultivating a life of peace, serenity, and compassion. Through aphorisms and parable, it leads readers toward the Tao, or the "Way": harmony with the life force of the universe. Traditionally attributed to Lao Tzu, a Chinese philosopher who was a contemporary of Confucius, it is the essential text of Taoism, one of the three great religions...
Author
Publisher
Hampton Roads Publishing Company, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
This is a book of guidance rooted in the wisdom of ancient China. Bestselling author Deng Ming-Dao provides key poetic lines that distill the essence of Taoism, organizing them in the form of a journey. The material here is drawn from a variety of sources, including, the Yijing, 300 Tang Poems, and the full text of the Daodejing. As Deng Ming-Dao notes, "We walk the Way each day. We don't know what's ahead, and so it's helpful to have the wisdom of...
Publisher
Ambrose Video
Pub. Date
1977.
Language
English
Description
The spiritual impulse of the time steps beyond the boundaries of religious tradition - so wrote Theodore Roszak, spokesman for the counter-culture, who is Ronald Eyre's guide to the new religious concerns of people living in the San Francisco Bay area. Here religious ideas and life styles of East and West mingle and people brought up in a largely Christian cultural climate look East to Taoism and Hinduism for inspiration.
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2010
Language
English
Description
Smith clarifies the essential elements and teachings of the world's predominant faiths, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. He also highlights the native traditions of the Americas, Africa, and Oceania.
Author
Series
Understanding China through comics volume 2
Publisher
Stone Bridge Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
What lies at the heart of Chinese culture? How have the Chinese people and their government changed over time? The "Understanding China through comics" series answers these questions and more. "Division to unification in imperial China" explores the Age of Division, a period of civil wars and foreign invasions, through to the Golden Age of the Tang dynasty, at the time the most powerful empire in the world, and its ultimate collapse. This same era...
Publisher
Empty Mind Films
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Explore the most mysterious martial art of all ... Tai Chi Chuan. The Supreme Ultimate. The Heaven and Earth. Come with us to meet the best Tai Chi masters in China and gain a deeper understanding of Yang style, Chen style and Wudang Mountain Tai Chi Chuan. With the backdrop of the Forbidden City, Chen Village and the peaks of Wudang, this is not the Tai chi you see everyday in your local park! This is real Tai Chi Chuan. While the world pummeled...
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