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  • Published: 2 December 1992
  • ISBN: 9780877736875
  • Imprint: Shambhala
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 184
  • RRP: $49.99

Cultivating Stillness

A Taoist Manual for Transforming Body and Mind



A principal part of the Taoist canon for many centuries, this Lao-Tzu classic is an essential overview of the Taoist practice of internal alchemy, or qigong

Equanimity, good health, peace of mind, and long life are the goals of the ancient Taoist tradition known as “internal alchemy,” of which Cultivating Stillness is a key text. Written between the second and fifth centuries, the book is attributed to T’ai Shang Lao-chun—the legendary figure more widely known as Lao-Tzu, author of the Tao-te Ching. The accompanying commentary, written in the nineteenth century by Shui-ch’ing Tzu, explains the alchemical symbolism of the text and the methods for cultivating internal stillness of body and mind.

A key text in the Taoist canon, Cultivating Stillness is still the first book studied by Taoist initiates today.

  • Published: 2 December 1992
  • ISBN: 9780877736875
  • Imprint: Shambhala
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 184
  • RRP: $49.99

About the author

Eva Wong

Eva Wong is an independent scholar and a practitioner of the Taoist arts of the Pre- celestial Way and Complete Reality lineages. She has written and translated many books on Taoism and related topics, including A MASTER COURSE IN FENG SHUI; TALES OF THE TAOIST IMMORTALS; THE TAO OF HEALTH, LONGEVITY, & IMMORTALITY, and THE SHAMBHALA GUIDE TA TAOISM.

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