The Taoist Classics, Volume 4: The Taoist I Ching: I Ching Mandalas

By Thomas Cleary

Book Overview

This collection of Taoist texts includes- . The Taoist I Ching- The classic "Book of Change" illuminated by the commentary of the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Taoist adept Liu I-ming. The first part of the book is the text of I Ching proper with Liu's commentary. The second part is Liu's commentary on two additional sections-known as the Overall Image and the Mixed Hexagrams-added to the I Ching by earlier commentators, believed to be members of the original Confucian school. In total, the book illuminates the Taoist inner teachings as practiced in the School of Complete Reality. . I Ching Mandalas- A traditional program of study that enables students of the I Ching to achieve a deeper understanding of the meaning of this great classic. I Ching Mandalas presents diagrams as tools for whole-brain learning that help the student to visualize patterns and interrelationships among the trigrams and hexagrams of the I Ching.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570629080
• ISBN13: 9781570629082
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Shambhala
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"