Personal and Societal Alchemy in Early Daoist Scriptures

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10/02/2007

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Table of Contents Personal and Societal Alchemy in Early Daoist Scriptures

 Table of Contents

 
  1. Introduction
  2. Stephen Bokenkamp and the Celestial Masters of the Song dynasty
    1. The Upper Scripture of Purple Texts' treatment of salvation
    2. The Sage Lord of the Purple Texts as an example of the perfected man
    3. The Sage Lord's role in the Purple Texts
  3. The Shangqing text and Buddhism
  4. The object of all Daoist practice
  5. The Celestial Masters of the Inner Explanations
  6. The interiorization of Daoist practice
  7. Conclusion
  8. Works cited

Abstract

The principle of interconnectedness pervades the worldviews of the daoist and Buddhist religions originating from India and China. It is fitting that the traditions themselves are historically and textually interconnected in a way that finds traditions intermingling by borrowing teachings and practices and combining them into unique syncretisms. The often syncretic nature of religion is nowhere more apparent than in Han-period daoist scriptures. Daoism is by no means a monolithic entity, and its many schools vary greatly in text and practice.

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