Archive for November 2020
Master Ren Gang’s The Heart Treasure of Taijiquan (excerpt 3)
Master Ren Gang’s The Heart Treasure of Taijiquan (excerpt 3) translated by Mattias Daly I first met Ren Gang in the spring of 2011, when his disciple and good friend of mine, Zhong Yingyang, invited me to join them for an outdoor lunch in an orchard in suburban Shanghai, where the peach trees were in…
Read MoreAlchemical Classics V: Chapter 19,The Heavenly Mechanism’s of Picking the Medicine Oral Transmissions
Alchemical Classics V: 大成捷要 [柳華陽] The Essentials of the Shortcut to the Great Achievement by Liu Hua Yang Liu Hua Yang [柳华阳] together with Wu Shou Yang [伍守阳] make up the so-called Wu-Liu School with its main focus on Internal Alchemy [nei dan 內丹]. The former is also the author of the Scripture of Wisdom…
Read MoreRecords of the Words and Deeds of Wang Fengyi, Chapter 3 Herding Cows
Wang Fengyi 王凤仪: Records of the Words and Deeds of Wang Fengyi 王凤仪⾔⾏录三、 Chapter 3 (excerpt) 放牛 Fang Niu (3) Herding Cows 我听王善人说过： wo ting wang shan ren shuo guo: I have heard Wang, the Benevolent, said: 我是极愚极笨的人， wo shi ji yu ji ben de ren, I am an extremely stupid and extremely dumb person,…
Read MorePurple Cloud Podcast #18 Lindsey Wei: Path of the Spiritual Warrior
After a long hiatus we are back! In our first episode for 2020, we talk again to Lindsey Wei who has just published a new book through Purple Cloud Press, Path of the Spiritual Warrior: Life and Teachings of Muay Thai Fighter Pedro Solana. Kru Pedro Solana Villalobos is a man who has dedicated the…
Read MoreThe Legend of the Governor of the Southern Branch [part 1-2]
南柯太守传 The Legend of the Governor of the Southern Branch [part 1-2] by Li Gong Zuo 李公佐 The legend narrated below is reproduced from the version that appears in the Classified Tales of Zeng Zao (1091-1155), a collection of 252 ancient semi-historiographical stories from the Han to the Song Dynasty which was completed in 1136.…
Read MoreDaoism Series 28: The Spirit of Recognition
Daoism Series 28: 识神 The Spirit of Recognition The spirit of recognition or the spirit of knowledge [shi shen识神] is also known by the name of the thought-spirit [si lü shen思虑神]. It has been explained in previous classes by Li Shi Fu as a concept of internal alchemy and internal Daoist practices that aim to…
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