Chronicles of Tao: The Secret Life of a Taoist Master - Ming-dao Deng

Descriere Chronicles of Tao: The Secret Life of a Taoist Master - Ming-dao Deng

This extraordinary spiritual odyssey transcends the tangible and points to the mysteries of all we can imagine and all we cannot (Los Angeles Times). Part adventure, part parable, this true story of the making of a Taoist ma ster leads readers through a labyrinth of Taoist practice, martial arts discipline, and international intrigue. Line drawings. \n \nFor the first time in one volume--an extraordinary spiritual odyssey of the making of the Taoist master Kwan Saihung. Born into a wealthy family in a remote province of China, Kwan defies his parents' wishes and enters into the rigorous and mysterious discipline of Taoist practice. Renamed Little Butterfly by his Taoist masters, he survives the upheaval of the Japanese occupation, and the later the Chinese Revolution, all the while becoming adept in the Taoist arts. Eventually his inner and outer journey lead him to America, where he becomes a Golden Gloves boxer and martial arts instructor. \n \nPart adventure, part parable, Chronicles of Tao travels through a labyrinth of enigmatic Taoist practice, marital arts discipline, and international adventure. \n

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Harperone

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ENSTK

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9780062502193

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1

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