Immortal Sisters - 2nd Edition by Thomas Cleary (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><i>Immortal Sisters</i> presents life stories and teachings of distinguished female Taoist adepts who lived from the third to twelfth centuries. Among them is the poet and mystic Sun Bu-er, who passed into folklore as one of the famous Seven Immortals and appears as a character in countless popular novels of China. These accomplished women, renowned in their own day and in history, represent a uniquely female heritage of spiritual mastery. Through poems, stories, teachings, and commentaries, <i>Immortal Sisters</i> sheds light on the spiritual methods taught and practiced by these women and illustrates the importance of the feminine in Taoism.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Thomas Cleary is highly regarded as one of the greatest contemporary translators of Asian texts. Among his translations are many classic texts of Buddhism, Taoism, and <i>I Ching </i>studies, including <i>The Essential Tao, Awakening to the Tao, </i>and <i>The Buddhist I Ching. </i>His works have been retranslated into German, Italian, French, Turkish, Hebrew, Spanish, Czech, Thai, Indonesian, Mandarin, and other modern languages.
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