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Title: The Shambhala Guide to Taoism by Eva Wong ISBN: 1-57062-169-1 Publisher: Shambhala Pub. Date: 17 December, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.12 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: response to two bears...
Comment: ...or two toes, or twiddle-dee-dum, what-ever. If you spent as much time reading and comprehending as you do judging other people's work, you might eventually come to the conclusion that it isn't all about you and the stuff you 'think' you know. I'm getting bored seeing your silly name now every time I want to read reviews on a book. Please go find yourself and stop bothering people.
Rating: 5
Summary: useful recommended reading lists...
Comment: Enough of the abuse of this book!
The extensive recommended reading list in the back of this book is worth the price of the whole thing.
Whatever Wong's vagaries, the extended explanations for further readings at the end of the various sections of the text itself, make this still a useful volume.
However, if you are going after Wong, and Taoist Health and Longevity issues, you may prefer to start with 'Cultivating Stillness,' 'The Tao of Health, Longevity, and Immortality,' and/or 'Cultivating the Energy of Life,'her translation of the 'Secret of the Golden Flower' ( for discussion of the usefulness of comparing the translations of which, see this 'Shamabala Guide to Taoism.')
But see my recent reviews (note dates) for Wong's 'Tao of Health, etc.' and Thomas Cleary's 'Taoist Meditation' for further amplification of these issues, particularly with regard to health.
Many volumes, in spite of vagaries, generalities, and such, are still incredibly useful for their recommended reading suggestions and guides. Wong's worthy volume is one such. In addition to her volumes suggested above, I would highly recommend it for further research. It's handy as a guide to Kohn's, Robinet's, Charles Luk's, Cleary's, Olson's, and other writers/translators on these subjects. Go for it.
Rating: 4
Summary: Those who speak...
Comment: I found Eva Wong's work to be a fine resource tool. A broad, objective, easy to digest primer for Westerner's interested in learning about the Taoist tradition. My contention lies in Two Bears review of this work...I applaud any effort to present clarity of subject matter...however, Two Bears review strikes me as a bit rash. The errors pointed out by the reviewer regarding Ms. Wong's presentation of Taoist internal alchemy are mistaken in most cases.
Ultimately it seems that Two Bears is simply looking to build a name and repuatation for him/herself by positing his/her own presentation of meridian theory as superior to a long time, well respected practitioner of Taoist studies/practices.
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Title: Harmonizing Yin and Yang by Eva Wong ISBN: 1570623066 Publisher: Shambhala Pub. Date: 12 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Teachings of the Tao by Eva Wong ISBN: 1570622450 Publisher: Shambhala Pub. Date: 17 December, 1996 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Lieh-Tzu : A Taoist Guide to Practical Living by Eva Wong ISBN: 1570628998 Publisher: Shambhala Pub. Date: 11 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Cultivating the Energy of Life by Liu Hua-Yang ISBN: 1570623422 Publisher: Shambhala Pub. Date: 17 February, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Cultivating Stillness by Eva Wong ISBN: 0877736871 Publisher: Shambhala Pub. Date: 24 November, 1992 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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