Posts by Purple Cloud Institute
Training the Heart to Be in Harmony
Training the Heart to Be in Harmony The following is a guest post by David Hessler, long-term student of Master Meng Zhiling, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Daoist Association and an accomplished practitioner in Daoist personal cultivation. David hopes to bring Master Meng back to the United States in the summer of 2022. He will…
Read MoreThe 49 Barriers of Cultivating the Dao: Barrier 2
The 49 Barriers of Cultivating the Dao: Barrier 2 This is the 2nd of 49 Barriers from ‘The 49 Barriers of Cultivating the Dao” (available here: https://purplecloudinstitute.com/product/the-49-barriers-of-cultivating-the-dao/ ) to be posted online in their entirety. The book also features extensive endnotes as well as hundreds of pages of commentary by Daoist renunciate Li Shifu (abbot…
Read MorePurple Cloud Podcast #29 Cheng Feng: Daoist Music Healing and the Five Healing Tones
In this episode we talk again to Cheng Feng, this time about musical healing in the Chinese medical and Daoist traditions. We discuss how music can be used to both heal and harm, and the benefits of chanting the Dao De Jing. We also delve into how the 5 tones outlined in the Huang Di…
Read MorePurple Cloud Podcast #28 Zoey Gong: Food Therapy and Chinese Medicine
In this episode we talk to Zoey Xinyi Gong about the role of food in Chinese medicine. From a background as a Western medical nutritionist , Zoey talks of her journey into the world of Chinese medical dietetics. We touch on topics such as cooling foods and their role in a healthy diet, how to…
Read MoreThe 49 Barriers of Cultivating the Dao: Introduction
修道四十九関 The 49 Barriers of Cultivating the Dao Introduction [excerpt] By T. H. Barrett is professor emeritus of East Asian History at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. [Available at https://purplecloudinstitute.com/…/the-49-barriers-of…/] Only during the twentieth century do we see the beginnings of a shift in attitudes. The one time missionary Richard Wilhelm (1873-1930)…
Read MoreThe Duke of Zhou’s Interpretation of Dreams
The Duke of Zhou’s Interpretation of Dreams The following is an excerpt of the introduction and a chapter from the forthcoming translation of the ‘Duke of Zhou’s Interpretation of Dreams’ by Nikita Bushin, published by Purple Cloud Press by October this year. This book is a famous reference for dream interpretations in China to date.…
Read MoreRecords of the Words and Deeds of Wang Fengyi: 11. Enduring Humiliation
王凤仪⾔⾏录 Records of the Words and Deeds of Wang Fengyi 十一、忍辱 11. Enduring Humiliation The following is chapter 11 of Wang Fengyi’s magnum opus; ‘The Record of the Words and Deeds of Wang Fengyi’ 王凤仪⾔⾏录, containing more than 200 chapters. Wang Fengyi is considered a Confucian sage, as part of the Shan Ren Dao movement,…
Read MoreDaoism Series 39: The Dragon Gate’s Core Methods
Daoism 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 MorePurple Cloud Podcast #27 James Flowers: Korea, East Asian Medicine and Covid
In this episode we talk to James Flowers, practitioner of Chinese Medicine, Research Fellow at Kyung Hee University and PhD from Johns Hopkins University, about his journey that has taken him from Australia to live in Korea, China and the USA. We discuss in depth the practice of traditional East Asian medicine in Korea, touching…
Read MoreThe Archaeology of the Qiao Vessels: Ban Xia Tang Formula Family Analysis
The Archaeology of the Qiao Vessels: Ban Xia Tang Formula Family Analysis The following is an excerpt from Will Ceurvels’ forthcoming ‘The Archaeology of the Qiao Vessels’ by Purple Cloud Press. This passage is taken from the “Ban Xia Tang Formula Family Analysis” section. It is an in-depth look at the Qiao vessels of the…
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