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Qiu Chuji (excerpt) From the introductory section of The Dragon Gate’s Core Methods Vol.1 (Longmen Xinfa), Purple Cloud Institute forthcoming: The following biography (excerpt) underscores the pivotal role Qiu Chuji played in the development of the Complete Reality School. The original Chinese script stems from the Ming Dynasty The Complete Biographies of the Ranks of…
Read MoreIntial Truth’s Preceptual Statutes (excerpt) 天尊曰:三皈依戒者,天地之樞紐,神仙之根基,發行之初門,建心之元兆。運氣含靈,冥真入理,包羅有象,朕形无外。持之者,天地神明慶快,心智耳目開張,萬物敬畏,六腑和樂,眾真衛護羣生,父母長世不遺,人身交泰。 The heavenly worthies said: ‘The precepts of the three refuges are the pivot of the heavens and earth, the foundation of spirit immortality, the initial gateway for developing one’s practice, and the primordial starting point for establishing one’s mind. They circulate qi in those who contain the divine, coincide…
Read MoreDaoism Series 44: The Dragon Gate’s Core Methods As the winds, clouds, thunder, rain, frost, snow, fog, and dew each have their own patterns and limitations, they cannot [help you to] exit this world. As human beings live and die, they cannot [help you to] exit this world. As [all] beings flourish and then decline…
Read MoreDaoism Series: 42 The Dragon Gate’s Core Methods [Commentary on Seeking Masters and Inquiring About the Dao, chapter 8 excerpt forthcoming] Our father and mother gave us life, but this does not enable us to grow wings and ascend to the heavens. The teacher can give you a ladder to the heavens that has come…
Read MoreDaoism Series 40: 龍門心法 The Dragon Gate’s Core Methods [Commentary on chapter 3 excerpt] The following excerpt is from the Commentary by Li Shifu on the third chapter ‘Breaking through Obstructions and Hindrances’ of The Dragon Gate’s Core Methods (Purple Cloud Press forthcoming) by Wang Changyue (?-1680), a very influential Daoist during the Qing Dynasty…
Read MoreDaoism Series 39: 龍門心法 The Dragon Gate’s Core Methods [chapter 1 excerpt] The following excerpt is from the first chapter ‘Taking Refuge in the Three Treasures’皈依三寶 of The Dragon Gate’s Core Methods (Purple Cloud Press forthcoming) by Wang Changyue (?-1680), a very influential Daoist during the Qing Dynasty and a pivotal figure in the institutionalization…
Read MoreDaoism Series 36: 龍門心法 The Dragon Gate’s Core Methods The following excerpt is from Preface of The Dragon Gate’s Core Methods (Purple Cloud Press forthcoming) by Wang Changyue (?-1680), a very influential Daoist during the Qing Dynasty and a pivotal figure in the institutionalization and dissemination of the Complete Realization School of Daoism and the…
Read MoreDaoism Series: 44 The Dragon Gate’s Core Methods Seeking Masters and Inquiring About the Dao, chapter 8, ‘The Dragon Gate’s Core Methods’, forthcoming: 自古聖賢仙佛,證果成真,無師不度。所以師師相授,口口相傳,心心相印。就中道理,一貫而通,如乳水合,似膠漆投,同氣相求,同聲相應,水天一色,燈月交輝,方能盡其師弟之道。 Since the ancient times sages, worthy ones, immortals and Buddhas verified the fruits and attained the truth; without a master, none of them could have been ferried across. Therefore, one master…
Read MoreDaoism Series 20 道門七技 The Seven Skills of the Gate of the Dao [excerpt] ___________________________________________________________ 诀法咒符禁炁术。 Hand Seals, Rituals, Incantations, Talismans, Prohibitions, Qi and Arts. ___________________________________________________________ Originally the Seven Skills were all transmitted by teachers. Any Daoist healer lacking the content of the Seven Skills does not count as a genuine Daoist Healer, which also…
Read MoreDaoism Series 16 道門七技 The Seven Skills of the Gate of the Dao _________________________________________________ Transcribed from teachings by Li Shi Fu 诀法咒符禁炁术。 Hand Seals, Rituals, Incantations, Talismans, Prohibitions, Qi and Arts. _______________________________ Originally the Seven Skills were all transmitted directly by teachers. Any Daoist healer lacking the content of the Seven Skills does not…
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