Taiji Sleep

The Bingxin Jue — An Ancient Taoist Code for the Modern Sleeper

The Bingxin Jue — An Ancient Taoist Code for th...

"A heart of ice, pure as jade" — so wrote the Tang dynasty poet Wang Changling in his farewell verse, Farewell at Furong Tower. For over a thousand years, this...

The Bingxin Jue — An Ancient Taoist Code for th...

"A heart of ice, pure as jade" — so wrote the Tang dynasty poet Wang Changling in his farewell verse, Farewell at Furong Tower. For over a thousand years, this...

Lin Yutang and the Importance of Living: How China's Most Cosmopolitan Writer Made Rest an Art Form

Lin Yutang and the Importance of Living: How Ch...

Lin Yutang, the Chinese writer who topped the American bestseller list for 52 weeks with The Importance of Living, championed lying in bed, the art of loafing, and the philosophy...

Lin Yutang and the Importance of Living: How Ch...

Lin Yutang, the Chinese writer who topped the American bestseller list for 52 weeks with The Importance of Living, championed lying in bed, the art of loafing, and the philosophy...

D.T. Suzuki and the Zen Mind at Rest: How the Man Who Brought Zen to the West Understood Sleep

D.T. Suzuki and the Zen Mind at Rest: How the M...

D.T. Suzuki, the scholar who brought Zen to the West, lived between the ancient world of Japanese monasteries and the modern world of New York apartments. His 20th-century philosophy of...

D.T. Suzuki and the Zen Mind at Rest: How the M...

D.T. Suzuki, the scholar who brought Zen to the West, lived between the ancient world of Japanese monasteries and the modern world of New York apartments. His 20th-century philosophy of...

Ryokan and the Freedom of Less: How Japan's Most Beloved Monk Slept With Nothing and Wanted for Nothing

Ryokan and the Freedom of Less: How Japan's Mos...

Ryokan, Japan's most beloved Zen poet-monk, lived in a thatched hut with a single bowl and one ragged robe, yet slept more peacefully than most modern people with bedrooms full...

Ryokan and the Freedom of Less: How Japan's Mos...

Ryokan, Japan's most beloved Zen poet-monk, lived in a thatched hut with a single bowl and one ragged robe, yet slept more peacefully than most modern people with bedrooms full...

Hanshan and Shide: The Laughing Monks Who Slept on Cold Mountain

Hanshan and Shide: The Laughing Monks Who Slept...

Hanshan and Shide, Tang Dynasty's most beloved monk poets, found freedom on Cold Mountain through laughter, simplicity, and radical non-attachment. Their 1,200-year-old philosophy of needing nothing, eating simply, and releasing...

Hanshan and Shide: The Laughing Monks Who Slept...

Hanshan and Shide, Tang Dynasty's most beloved monk poets, found freedom on Cold Mountain through laughter, simplicity, and radical non-attachment. Their 1,200-year-old philosophy of needing nothing, eating simply, and releasing...

Feng Zikai and the Art of Simple Joy: How China's Most Beloved Cartoonist Found Peace in Turbulent Times

Feng Zikai and the Art of Simple Joy: How China...

Feng Zikai, China's most beloved modern cartoonist, lived through war and revolution by maintaining childlike wonder, Buddhist equanimity, and a commitment to simple joy. His 20th-century philosophy of unlearning, ordinary...

Feng Zikai and the Art of Simple Joy: How China...

Feng Zikai, China's most beloved modern cartoonist, lived through war and revolution by maintaining childlike wonder, Buddhist equanimity, and a commitment to simple joy. His 20th-century philosophy of unlearning, ordinary...