Livia Kohn

Author of The Taoist experience : an anthology

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About the Author

Livia Kohn, Ph.D., is Professor Emerita of Religion and East Asian Studies are Boston University. The author or editor of close to sixty book (including the annual Journal of Daoist Studies), she spent ten years in Kyoto doing research. She now serves as the executive editor of Three Pines Press, show more runs international conferences and workshops, and guides study tours to Japan. show less

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The Taoist experience : an anthology (1993) 98 copies

Early Chinese Mysticism : Philosophy and Soteriology in the Taoist Tradition (1991) 44 copies, 1 review

Daoism and Chinese Culture (2001) 28 copies

Taoist Mystical Philosophy: The Scripture of Western Ascension (1991) 27 copies

Taoist Meditation and Longevity Techniques (1981) 27 copies

Lao-Tzu and the Tao-Te-Ching (1998) 25 copies, 1 review

Daoism Handbook (2000) 22 copies, 1 review

Introducing Daoism (2008) 19 copies

Daoist Identity: History, Lineage, and Ritual (2002) — Editor — 17 copies

Chinese Healing Exercises: The Tradition of Daoyin (A Latitude 20 Book) (2008) 17 copies

Sitting in Oblivion: The Heart of Daoist Meditation (2010) 16 copies

Health and Long Life: The Chinese Way (2005) 14 copies

Daoist Body Cultivation (2006) 13 copies

Internal Alchemy (2009) 12 copies

Meditation Works In The Daoist, Buddhist And Hindu Traditions (2008) 12 copies

Laughing at the Tao (1994) 10 copies

The Daoist Monastic Manual: A Translation of the Fengdao Kejie (Aar Texts and Translations) (2004) 10 copies

Zhuangzi: Text and Context (2014) 9 copies

Daoist dietetics : food for immortality (2010) 8 copies

Monastic Life in Medieval Daoism: A Cross Cultural Perspective (2003) 8 copies

A sourcebook in Chinese longevity (2012) 7 copies

God of the Dao: Lord Lao in History and Myth (Michigan Monographs in Chinese Studies) (1998) 7 copies

Cosmos and Community: The Ethical Dimension of Daoism (2004) 7 copies

Chuang-tzu: The Tao of Perfect Happiness - Selections Annotated & Explained (SkyLight Illuminations) (2011) 6 copies

Pristine Affluence: Daoist Roots in the Stone Age (2017) 6 copies

New visions of the Zhuangzi (2015) 5 copies

Daoism: A Contemporary Philosophical Investigation (Investigating Philosophy of Religion) (2019) 4 copies

The Daode Jing: A Guide (2019) 4 copies

Science and the Dao : from the Big bang to lived perfection (2016) 4 copies

Readings in Daoist mysticism (2009) 4 copies

Living authentically : Daoist contributions to modern psychology (2011) 3 copies

The Zhong-Lü System of Internal Alchemy (2020) 3 copies

Taming Time: Daoist Ways of Working with Multiple Temporalities (2021) 2 copies

Dao and time : classical philosophy (2021) 2 copies

Supplement to "Cosmos and Community" 1 copy

Chuang-Tzu: The Tao of Perfect Happiness (2012) 1 copy

Seven steps to the Tao : Sima Chengzhen's Zuowanglun (1987) 1 copy

Taoizm : wprowadzenie (2012) 1 copy

The Yellow Court Scripture, Volume One: Text and Main Commentaries 1 copy

The Yellow Court Scripture, vol. 2: Precursors and Successors 1 copy

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Birthdate: 1956-03-14
Gender: female
Nationality: Germany (birth)
USA
Birthplace: Germany
Places of residence: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Education: Gottingen University
Bonn University (Ph.D.)
Kyoto University (further studies)
Occupations: scholar (Taoism)
professor emeritus (religion and East Asian studies)
Organizations: Boston University
Three Pines Press
Journal of Daoist Studies
Stanford Center for Japanese Studies, Japan

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Lao-Tzu and the Tao-Te-Ching by Livia Kohn

Lao-tzu and the Tao-te-ching presents a coherent collection of materials on the ancient Chinese classic and its author, describing traditional and modern Western Interpretations. Written and edited by recognized international specialists in the field, this book brings Lao-tzu and the Tao-te-ching together to present current scholarship on their history and interpretation.

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Early Chinese Mysticism : Philosophy and Soteriology… by Livia Kohn

A history of the evolution of Taoism and its synthesis with Buddhism during the Tang dynasty. The impressive eclecticism of ancient Chinese thought is on full show here as well as the curiously political focus of much of the writing. Kohn shows that this is really an exploration of how the Tao operates in society. Most interesting is the way indigenous Chinese philosophy assimilated Mahāyāna concepts and how congenial those concepts were to Taoist thought.