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Saints & Sages Part VIII: 刘一明 Liu Yiming (1734 – 1821)
Saints & Sages Part VIII: 刘一明 Liu Yiming (1734 – 1821) —————————————— 生不知來處，生的事大；死不知去處，死的事大。遍塵世人，來固糊塗，死亦糊塗，所以輪回不息，常入惡趣，真可痛惜。 《會心內集卷下》 [One] does not know which place [one] is born from, [yet] the issue of birth is [rather] great; [One] does not know which place [one] goes to [after] death, [yet] the issue of death is [rather] great. Everywhere the people of…
Read MoreHerbal Legends X: Xin Yi [辛夷]- Magnolia biondii
Herbal Legends X: ___________________________ A long time ago a man named Qin Juren lived with a very uncomfortable illness. For many years a foul-smelling purulent secretion oozed out from his nose, while he felt very unnerving pressure in his forehead, as well as dizziness and drowsiness. Those symptoms caused him to smell badly to the…
Read More一至七字詩 Poems of One [Character] to Seven Characters by Wang Chong Yang
Daoism Series 3 [part 1] 一至七字詩 Poems of One [Character] to Seven Characters by Wang Chong Yang ______________________________________________ The following four-word combination is present in all of the writings of the Complete Realization School of Daoism, yet one of the most elucidating and insightful versions is contained in the《Collection of Complete Realization》[quan zhen ji 全真集]…
Read MoreDaoist Medicine III: 道医六个一 Daoist Medicine’s Six Ones, One Pair of Hands
Daoist Medicine III: 道医六个一 Daoist Medicine’s Six Ones ______________________________________________ (三) 一双手 (3) One Pair of Hands ______________________ What could you do with two hands? You have one left and right, and there are too many things that you could potentially do with them. For instance Qi Gong needs One Pair of Hands. Acupressure, massage, bone-setting…
Read MoreSaints & Sages Part VII: 張三豐 Zhang San Feng (1247——)
Saints & Sages Part VII: 張三豐 Zhang San Feng (1247——) —————————————————————————— 福自我求，命自我造。 -张三丰 Happiness is sought out from [within] me, Life Destiny is produced from [within] me. -Zhang San Feng __________________________________________ Zhang San Feng’s name was a Han Chinese, style name Jun Bao[君宝], another of his names was Quan Yi [全一], or Complete Oneness.…
Read More道教五戒 The Five Precepts of Daoism
Daoism Series 2 [part 1] 道教五戒 The Five Precepts of Daoism ______________________________________________ 无杀， 无盗, 无淫， 无妄， 无酒。 Do not kill. Do not steal. Do not indulge in sex. Do not lie. Do not consume alcohol. ______________________________________________ 道教五戒传 Commentary on the Five Precepts of Daoism __________________________________________ 无杀 Do Not Kill ______________________ There are many levels of…
Read MoreAlchemical Classics II: 大成捷要 [柳華陽]
Alchemical Classics II: 大成捷要 [柳華陽] The Essentials of the Shortcut to the Great Achievement by Liu Hua Yang —————————————————————————— Liu Hua Yang 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 More地藏王 Earth Treasury King
地藏王 Earth Treasury King [Ksitigarbha] Today, the 30th day of the 7th lunar month [1] celebrates the birthday of Earth Treasury King, the Bodhisattva of the Underworlds [di yu 地狱]. A Buddhist deity in origin, the Earth Treasury King is one of the four principal Bodhisattvas in Mahayana Buddhism, but has been entered into the…
Read MoreSaints & Sages Part VI: 王重陽 Wang Chong Yang (1113－1170)
Saints & Sages Part VI: 王重陽 Wang Chong Yang (1113－1170) _____________________________________ 重阳全真。 开化辅极帝君。 -北五祖宝诰- Double Yang – Complete Realization. The Supreme Being of Opening Transformations & Supporting the Bounded Finite [1]. -The Treasured Declaration of The Northern Five Ancestors- _____________________________________ Wang Chong Yang was the ancestral master [zu shi祖师] and founder of the Complete Realization…
Read More道教八根基 The Eight Foundations of Daoism
Daoism Series I [part 1] 道教八根基 The Eight Foundations of Daoism ______________________________________________ The following appendix entry is a write-up from a collection of notes taken over several years at Five Immortals Temple [2] during lectures by the residing abbot Li Shifu. It is by no means comprehensive or all-encompassing, but more intended to provide an…
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