Translated and introduced by Louis Komjathy (Kang Siqi 康思奇; Xiujing 修靜; Wanrui 萬瑞;
C.S.O.; Ph.D., Religious Studies, Boston University), Handbooks for Daoist Practice
(Xiudao shouce 修道手冊) is a series of translations of nine important, representative,
and practice-
The handbooks are as follows: (1) Inward Training; (2) Book of Venerable Masters;
(3) Yellow Thearch's Basic Questions; (4) Scripture on Clarity and Stillness; (5)
Scriptural Statutes of Lord Lao; (6) Scripture for Daily Internal Practice; (7) Scripture
on the Hidden Talisman; (8) Redoubled Yang's Fifteen Discourses; and (9) Book of
Master Celestial Seclusion. Handbooks for Daoist Practice consists of these nine
booklets plus an introductory booklet discussing the translation series as a whole.
The introductory booklet is intended to be a comprehensive introduction to the study
and practice of Daoism (Taoism). The published set also includes a slip-
Handbooks for Daoist Practice are now available for purchase.
Read the review by Shijing 世靜, Chairman of the British Taoist Association.
