The Taoist Classics, Volume Two

The Collected Translations of Thomas Cleary

This collection of translated texts includes:

   •  Understanding Reality: A Taoist Alchemical Classic: A tenth-century text on the principles of inner alchemy.
   •  The Inner Teachings of Taoism: The essentials of self-transformation according to the Complete Reality School of Taoism, with commentary by Liu I-ming.
   •  The Book of Balance and Harmony: These essays, conversations, poetry, and songs about the secrets of Taoism teach how to live a centered and orderly life.
   •  Practical Taoism: A collection of the most accessible of the texts on inner alchemy.
Thomas Cleary holds a PhD in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University and a JD from the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law. He is the translator of over fifty volumes of Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian, and Islamic texts from Sanskrit, Chinese, Japanese, Pali, and Arabic. View titles by Thomas Cleary

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This collection of translated texts includes:

   •  Understanding Reality: A Taoist Alchemical Classic: A tenth-century text on the principles of inner alchemy.
   •  The Inner Teachings of Taoism: The essentials of self-transformation according to the Complete Reality School of Taoism, with commentary by Liu I-ming.
   •  The Book of Balance and Harmony: These essays, conversations, poetry, and songs about the secrets of Taoism teach how to live a centered and orderly life.
   •  Practical Taoism: A collection of the most accessible of the texts on inner alchemy.

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Thomas Cleary holds a PhD in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University and a JD from the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law. He is the translator of over fifty volumes of Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian, and Islamic texts from Sanskrit, Chinese, Japanese, Pali, and Arabic. View titles by Thomas Cleary