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# Cultivating Stillness: A Taoist Manual for Transforming Body and Mind

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- **What is this?** Cultivating Stillness: A Taoist Manual for Transforming Body and Mind by eva wong
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Fantastic!!!!
  

*by J***J on Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2022*

Great book on Taoist Philosophy. A must read for anyone walking the path of Taoism. If you are interested in achieving internal alchemy, health, longevity, taoisim, or on the path of spiritual enlightenment then I highly recommend this book. This is a book that can be read over and over again."If you want to attain the Tao, you must train and discipline yourself. You must be steadfast like stone and iron, you must not waiver. Do not crave riches. Do not crave sexual pleasure. Do not be daunted by threats and fear. Your will must be centered, or you will abandon the path along the way. You must isolate your body from fame, fortune, possessive love, liquor, sexual pleasure, and emotions. You must cut them off with a sharp knife. You must cultivate yourself from within. Then you will receive the Tao" -- Eva Wong

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Well written! Well put together!
  

*by G***T on Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2022*

It is written by someone who understands the texts well from an early age. Ms. Wong is professional in her approach as well as with genuine heart throughout her work. It’s a lot more difficult to translate sacred texts and authors than to come up with one’s own work because translations have to be as close as possible to the original texts, and yet they have to make sense in the language those texts are translated into. It isn’t an easy task. Taoism isn’t a joke. For many of us Taoists, it isn’t a religion but a philosophy of life which we keep front and center day-in and day-out. So this book is a heartfelt invitation to ease the mind. It is an invitation to see the body for what it is — a tool that serves the mind, and not the other way around. It is an invitation for mind and body to live in harmony, and that transcends words. It is daily reflection without pushing or pulling for outcomes. Bottom line, we can only thank Ms. Wong for her heart work!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    One Part of the Picture
  

*by A***H on Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2015*

Other reviews here will give you an idea of the basics of this book. It is quite worthwhile if you have an interest in 1) the variety of the basic Taoist texts (the primary text 'Cultivating Stillness', written under the name of Lao Tzu but more likely by a later, anonymous follower of Lao Tzu, is a wonderful almost poetic take on the nature of the Tao), or 2) information on Taoist alchemy (Wong's introduction does a good job of interpreting alchemical symbolism/metaphor). I would specifically point out a few things, however. Most of the book is taken up by a commentary by Shui-ch'ing Tzu (likely written somewhere between 1644-1911 CE.). Shui-ch'ing has some very idiosyncratic views on the text, and writes from what I would call an overt sectarian standpoint. He constantly attacks those who don't see the text his way and promulgates a harsh, puritanistic practice ("You must isolate your body from fame, fortune, possessive love, liquor, sexual pleasure, and emotions. You must cut them off with a sharp knife" p. 90). He also believes in the inner gods, beings who supposedly live in our bodies and report our sins back to "the Jade emperor" (p. 48 e.g.), even though such notions were long eschewed in other mystical Taoist texts centuries before. In discussing section 16, which quotes Lao Tzu: "The honorable ones have nothing to argue. The dishonorable ones like to argue" -- Shui-ch'ing then follows by launching into a rant where he, indeed, argues on and on about religion and behavior. This happens again with section 17. Well, I could continue pointing out Shui-ch'ing's hypocrisy and rather irritating tone, but the bigger issue here is Eva Wong's choice of commentator. As she notes, several commentaries on 'Cultivating Stillness' exist, so why this is the one she chose, frankly says something about her own point of view. While her translation is very well done, and she is eminently knowledgeable about Taoism, she herself plainly comes at it from the point of view of one invested in a particular aspect of religious practice. She claims in her introduction that her "own understanding  of many passages in this text was a result of the experience of changes within [her] body" and pays homage to her personal teacher for this (p. xxvi). One certainly can't deny her claim, but without such knowledge ourselves, and without access to an alternative view of this material, we're left at the mercy of highly religious people. Don't get me wrong, it is worth buying this book (you just have to read between the lines a bit and take the commentary with a grain of salt, and again there's much basic information here that can fill in a lot of gaps for you), but you have to deal with the perspectives of the translator and commentator. I would get this, but make sure you balance it out with other books by, say, Thomas Cleary and Fabrizio Pregadio.

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