About the book: 1999 / This book is dedicated to Taoist meditation, qigong and “inner alchemy.” Although many good books on this topic have already been published in Russian, “The Tao of Meditation” will undoubtedly attract the reader’s attention, if only because it is the only book by Master Zhou Zonghua (1917–1998) that has not previously been published in Russian translation. The author of classic works on the martial art of Tai Chi and on divination from the Book of Changes, Zhou Zonghua again demonstrates his skill as a teacher and storyteller in this book. From the foundations of Chinese metaphysics and a mini-treatise on the fourth dimension, he moves on to the poems of Taoist poets and Chan Buddhist parables; from the general theory of meditation to examples from life. Discussing the ancient Chinese system of healing the body, mind and spirit (qigong) and achieving immortality (“internal alchemy”), Master Zhou provides detailed exercises for each step, which makes the book not only fascinating, but also extremely useful. This book, and also other works of Zhou Zonghua - “The Tao of Taijiquan” and “The Tao of the I Ching” - form a trilogy covering various aspects of modern practical Taoism.