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The Secret of the Golden Flower: A Chinese Book of Life
by Richard Wilhelm
from Harvest Books

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• The true Secret Teachings
  I have been reading The Secret of the Golden Flower and the I Ching for many years. Never understood exactly how the meditation was supposed to work. I felt there must be a connection between the two books. Both are Chinese. Both are Taoist/Buddhist in orientation. I prefer the Wilhelm. It's much more descriptive than Cleary. The Cleary seems like a bunch of verses. There's no link between any of them.
  As for Wilhelm, I was attracted to the poetry in the Wilhelm version, but wanted to know if there was... more info

• The Secret of the Golden Flower: A Chinese Book of Life
  This book interprets Tao in the words and mind of western culture with amazing clarity !
  Its the best I have read with out losing the reader with concepts and subject matter that is difficult to comprehend with out it being explained poorly which other books written about Tao have a habit of doing .
  I personally think that other authors have used the saying Tao is unexplainable with words as a way to justify there crappy interpretations and writings then again that could be said about every... more info

• Buy the Thomas Cleary version instead
  I'm just starting meditation. My teacher recommended this
  book, but I didn't pay attention to the author. The first
  part was really hard to understand. Then I came to a
  section that gave a really clear description of a meditation
  technique. Later in the week, when seeing my teacher, I
  happened to have the book out. He said I had the wrong
  edition! I should get the one by Thomas Cleary.
  Read the Afterward in Thomas Cleary's edition and you will
  see why this one... more info

• disappointed
  I got this book based on my Buddhist teacher's advice to do so. I found it hard to follow and unintelligible in spots. However, it could be my own understanding of it also. This kind of book is similar to other esoteric teachings like the Rosicrucian handbook.
  It really is for advanced readers and thinkers. I suppose that leaves me out. So, if you are into esoteric teachings with a twist, then by all means get this book. However, I warn you that it might seem like gibberish to the uneducated and... more info

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