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Daoist Monastic Manual A Translation of the Fengdao Kejie

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ISBN-10: 0195170709

ISBN-13: 9780195170702

Edition: 2004

Authors: Livia Kohn, Livia Kohn

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The Fengdao Keije or "Rules and Precepts for Worshipping the Dao" dates from the early seventh century and is a key text of medieval Daoist preisthood and monasticism. Compiled to serve the needs of both monastic practitioners and priests in training, it describes the fundamental rules and organisational principles of Daoist institutions. Livia Kohn offers here the first complete annotated translation of the Fengdao Keije, accompanied by three introductory chapters that outline the development of Daoist organisations, discuss the date and compiliation of the work, and introduce key issues of terminology and world view.
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Book details

List price: $195.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/1/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English

Introduction
The development and nature of Daoist institutions
Authorship and textual history
Related texts and relevant terminology
Translation
Sandong Fengdao Kejie : rules and precepts for worshiping the Dao according to the three caverns
Retribution of sins
Retribution of good deeds
Comprehensive structures
Setting up monasteries
Making sacred images
Copying scriptures
Conditions for ordination
Ritual implements
Ritual vestments
Residences
Reciting the scriptures
Lecturing on the scriptures
The ritual order
Illustrations of ritual vestments
Regular audience services
The noon purgation
Major assemblies
Formal ordinations
Fragments and citations
Transmission details (S.809)
Annual purgations (Zhaijie lu 9a-10a)
Levels of Daoists (Miaomen youqi 17b-18b)
Interaction with ordinary people (P.3682)
Compassionate assistance (P.3682)
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