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9781570623424

Cultivating the Energy of Life A Translation of the Hui-Ming Ching and Its Commentaries

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    9781570623424

  • ISBN10:

    1570623422

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1998-02-17
  • Publisher: Shambhala
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Summary

Here is theHui-ming Ching,a classic Taoist manual on the circulation of internal energy by means of meditation and the inspiration for many techniques of Qigong. It is one of the few Taoist treatises to describe the landmarks of spiritual development and document the process of spiritual transformation from start to finish.

Author Biography

Eva Wong is an independent scholar and a practitioner of the Taoist arts of the Pre-Celestial Way and Complete Reality lineages. She has written and translated many books on Taoism and related topics, including A Master Course in Feng-Shui; Tales of the Taoist Immortals; and Taoism: An Essential Guide.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION 3(4)
Historical and Philosophical Background 7(10)
Teachings of the Hui-ming ching 17(6)
TREATISE ON CULTIVATING LIFE
23(34)
Hui-ming ching
1 The Dissipation of Life Energy
23(6)
2 The Six Phases of the Circulation of Fire
29(4)
3 The Jen (Function) and Tu (Governor) Meridians
33(4)
4 The Fetus of the Tao
37(4)
5 Emergence of the Fetus
41(4)
6 The Transformations of the Body
45(4)
7 Facing the Wall
49(4)
8 Absolute Extinction in the Void
53(4)
DISCOURSE ON THE CORRECT METHOD OF CULTIVATION
57(14)
Cheng-tao hsiu-lien chih-lun
DISCOURSE ON THE CORRECT METHOD OF ENERGY WORK
71(20)
Cheng-tao kung-fu chih-lun
DISCOURSE ON STILLNESS (CH'AN) AND MOVEMENT (CHI)
91(12)
Ch'an-chi lun
THE NINE STEPS OF REFINING THE MIND
103
Chiu-tseng lien-hsin

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