A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WHAT ENLIGHTENED
A01=Gregory Ripley
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
Author_Gregory Ripley
automatic-update
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=HRKN5
Category=QRRL5
Category=VSP
Category=VSPD
Category=VXA
Category=VXM
CHINESE MEDITATION
CONFUCIANISM FOUNDED
COP=United States
CREATE DOCUMENT
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
eq_bestseller
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_mind-body-spirit
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_self-help
FINDING YOUR SPIRITUAL PATH
GOING WITH THE FLOW
HUNDRED REMEDIES OF THE BAI YAO LU
Language_English
PA=Available
Price_€20 to €50
PS=Active
SAGELY BEHAVIOR
softlaunch
TAO OF SUSTAINABILITY
TAOIST MEDITATION
TAOIST MEDITATIONS
TAOIST PHILOSOPHERS
TAOIST PHILOSOPHY
TAOIST RELIGION
VOICE OF THE ELDERS
WHAT IS DAOISM
WU-WEI
Product details
- ISBN 9781644118993
- Weight: 352g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 04 Jan 2024
- Publisher: Inner Traditions Bear and Company
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
A new translation of the 6th-century Taoist text Bai Yao Lu (Statutes of the Hundred Remedies), with practical commentary.
In modern Taoist practice, the emphasis is often on “going with the flow” (wu-wei) and not following any fixed rules of any kind. This may work well for an already enlightened Taoist Sage, but for the rest of us, following a spiritual path involves ethical, moral, and practical guidelines. As author and translator Gregory Ripley (Li Guan, 理觀) explains, the little-known 6th-century Taoist text called the Bai Yao Lu (Statutes of the Hundred Remedies) was created as a practical guide to what enlightened or sagely behaviour looks like—and each of the 100 spiritual remedies are just as relevant today as they were when written over 1500 years ago.
Presenting a new translation of the Bai Yao Lu for the contemporary world, Ripley provides insightful commentary for each of the Hundred Remedies, showing how they relate to Taoist meditation practice and how they can help us navigate the emotional and social challenges we all experience. He explains how each short verse of the Hundred Remedies presents a spiritual precept in a positive way, not as a restriction or commandment that must not be broken but as a solution to the problems encountered in daily life as well as on the spiritual path. He shows how these deceptively simple statutes, known as abstentions in Taoism, teach us how to emulate the behaviour of the Sages until the behaviour becomes our own.
Both scholarly and inspirational, this guidebook to Taoist spiritual living will help you learn to effortlessly go with the flow, deepen your meditation practice, and find the natural balance in all things.
In modern Taoist practice, the emphasis is often on “going with the flow” (wu-wei) and not following any fixed rules of any kind. This may work well for an already enlightened Taoist Sage, but for the rest of us, following a spiritual path involves ethical, moral, and practical guidelines. As author and translator Gregory Ripley (Li Guan, 理觀) explains, the little-known 6th-century Taoist text called the Bai Yao Lu (Statutes of the Hundred Remedies) was created as a practical guide to what enlightened or sagely behaviour looks like—and each of the 100 spiritual remedies are just as relevant today as they were when written over 1500 years ago.
Presenting a new translation of the Bai Yao Lu for the contemporary world, Ripley provides insightful commentary for each of the Hundred Remedies, showing how they relate to Taoist meditation practice and how they can help us navigate the emotional and social challenges we all experience. He explains how each short verse of the Hundred Remedies presents a spiritual precept in a positive way, not as a restriction or commandment that must not be broken but as a solution to the problems encountered in daily life as well as on the spiritual path. He shows how these deceptively simple statutes, known as abstentions in Taoism, teach us how to emulate the behaviour of the Sages until the behaviour becomes our own.
Both scholarly and inspirational, this guidebook to Taoist spiritual living will help you learn to effortlessly go with the flow, deepen your meditation practice, and find the natural balance in all things.
Gregory Ripley (Li Guan, 理觀) is a Taoist priest in the 22nd generation of the Quanzhen Longmen tradition as well as a Nature and Forest Therapy Guide. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Asian studies from the University of Tennessee and a master’s degree in acupuncture from Northwestern Health Sciences University. The author of Tao of Sustainability and Voice of the Elders, he lives in Golden Valley, Minnesota.
