Download or read book A Daoist Grows in the Heart written by Michael Rinaldini and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-09 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This journal series started in 2013 when I put together my first journal project, A Daoist Practice Journal: Come Laugh With Me. My original intentions were to offer some practical advice on what it means to be a modern-day western Daoist (priest). One book led to another book, and now this 600-page book which is a composite of my first three books (topics included: qigong, circle walking, Daoist Zuowang meditation, retreat training, Chinese food cures, silence and solitude, scriptures, tea drinking, Buddhist and Catholic mysticism, and more) plus a fourth book that has a heavy focus on Daoist Bigu fasting and science-based evidence for fasting. Other topics discussed in the fourth book are the extremes of Daoist longevity practices, Chinese tonic herbs, Catholic mystical (apophatic) prayer, the crane symbol of immortality, the meaning of how a Daoist grows in the heart, and more.Shifu Michael Rinaldini (Lichangdao) is the director of the Qigong & Daoist Training Center in Sebastopol, CA, where he teaches and leads annual retreats in Qigong, Circle Walking, Daoist meditation, and Chinese Food Therapy. For advanced students, he offers a Qigong Certification program of 200 hours in Qigong and Daoist practices. Shifu Michael is founder of the American Dragon Gate Lineage. His trainings are for serious students of the Dao who wish to become ordained Daoist priests of the Lineage (ADGL). Students perform their studies at their residences but attend multiple group retreats throughout the 3-year training phase. For more information on Shifu Michael, and his trainings, please visit his web site: www.qigongdragon.com

Download or read book A Daoist Practice Journal Book 3 written by Michael Rinaldini and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-02-03 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Daoist Practice Journal, Book 3: Qigong, Seasonal Food Cures & Daoist Cultivation is the third and last book in a series on the practices of modern-day, western Daoist priest, Shifu Michael Rinaldini (Lichangdao). This book consists of journal entries from December 21, 2016 to December 21, 2018. This book continues where Book 2 left off on October 6, 2016.Topics included in Book 3 include seasonal food cures, qigong, the value of retreats, and more insights on Zuowang meditation, covering key points like emptiness, duality, non-duality, silence and solitude, plus the essential ways that a Daoist grows in their heart. And so much more.

Download or read book The Book of the Heart written by Ching-yuen Loy and published by . This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Daoist Theory of Chinese Thought written by Chad Hansen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2000-08-17 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ambitious book presents a new interpretation of Chinese thought guided both by a philosopher's sense of mystery and by a sound philosophical theory of meaning. That dual goal, Hansen argues, requires a unified translation theory. It must provide a single coherent account of the issues that motivated both the recently untangled Chinese linguistic analysis and the familiar moral-political disputes. Hansen's unified approach uncovers a philosophical sophistication in Daoism that traditional accounts have overlooked.

Download or read book The Book of the Heart written by Ching-yuen Loy and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These teachings, written by a modern Taoist master, will be a compelling source of reflection for all those acquainted with the Tao-te Ching and other Chinese classics. The illustrated gift-book edition teaches benevolence, humility, and meditation in a refreshing approach to living simple and honestly in the world.

Download or read book Taoism written by Isabelle Robinet and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a survey of the history of Taoism from approximately the third century B.C. to the fourteenth century A.D. For many years, it was customary to divide Taoism into "philosophical Taoism" and "religious Taoism." The author has long argued that this is a false division and that "religious" Taoism is simply the practice of "philosophical" Taoism. She sees Taoism as foremost a religion, and the present work traces the development of Taoism up to the point it reached its mature form (which remains intact today, albeit with modern innovations). The main aim of this history of Taoism is to trace the major lines of its doctrinal evolution, showing the coherence of its development, the wide varieties of factors that came into play over a long period of disconnected eras, the constant absorptions of outside contributions, and the progress that integrates them. The author shows how certain recurrent themes are treated in different ways in different eras and different sects. Among these themes are the Ultimate Truth, immortality, the Sage, the genesis and the end of the world, retribution for good and evil acts, representations of heavens and hells, and the connections between life and the spirit, between life and death, between man and society, and between mystical experience and the social form of religion. The plan of the book is chronological, but the chronology is somewhat fluid given the way Taoism evolved; as it assimilated new features in the course of its growth, it never ceased to continue to develop the old ones. Thus the Celestial Masters sect, which is chronologically the first to attain a structure, is treated at the outset of the book though it exists down to our day, and the Shangqing tradition took shape in the fourth century though its glory years were under the Tang (618-907).

Download or read book The Way of Heart and Beauty written by Deng Ming-Dao and published by Hampton Roads Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential Taoist guide to living with simplicity, compassion, and integrity This is a book that draws on ancient Chinese wisdom to explore the critical life issues: What is our place in nature? How do we make right decisions? How do we respect the earth? How are we to view life and death? What is the path we should live to truly achieve a good and meaningful life? For Deng Ming-Dao, the two entry points for this exploration are two words: The first is the Chinese word for “heart”— which means heart, mind, intention, center, core intelligence, and soul. And the second is the word beauty—which connotes the pleasure we take in art, design, fashion, and music. Our hearts love beauty, and beauty opens our hearts. In this profound collection of fresh and contemporary translations of ancient texts, Deng Ming-Dao gathers over 220 selections that deal with the essence of heart and beauty. Topics include: how to be great, how long it takes to follow your heart, how to bring order to the world, how to know everything, how to pacify the heart, and much more. Here are stories, fables, poems, and epigrams that delight, inspire, and inform. Those who would subdue people through their own “excellence” Have yet to subdue anyone. But if you used excellence to nurture people instead, The whole world would be subdued. No one has become ruler of all under heaven Without subdued hearts. It has never happened.

Download or read book A Daoist Practice Journal Come Laugh with Me written by Michael Rinaldini and published by . This book was released on 2013-05-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Qigong Teacher and Daoist Priest Michael Rinaldini has written a book on the modern day practices of a Daoist. His book, A Daoist Practice Journal: Come Laugh With Me offers the cultivation methods for walking the Daoist path. The entries cover topics like zuowang meditation, scriptures, qigong, the value of silence and solitude, and Daoist, Buddhist and Catholic mysticism, tea drinking and more. Here are some samples of his entries, which provide a glimpse into the heart of his writings.2012 January 14Sky Farm HermitageSolitary RetreatIn silence and solitude I begin another retreat on Saturday afternoon, January 14, 2012. The rest of Saturday afternoon was spent un-packing and settling into a 6-day retreat. 6:15pm What does a Daoist eat while on retreat? Tonight, I made a soup with soba noodles and assorted vegetables. I forgot to bring ginger root.9:40pmI vow to practice ... in silence and solitude, until I realize Complete Perfection.January 158:30pmOne of my goals for this retreat is to write about the common practices between the Daoist and the Christian paths. I am specifically interested in the Daoist zuowang meditation method of sitting in forgetfulness or oblivion, and the Christian fourteenth-century mystical text, The Cloud of Unknowing. Both of these ways of meditation or contemplation feature an emphasis on placing the mind's activities into a state of forgetting or the cloud of forgetting. The Cloud, was written by an anonymous author, and it is speculated that the author was a Carthusian monk, and if not, possibly a Catholic priest living a hermetic lifestyle. And so what are the similarities, the common practices between zuowang meditation, and the contemplative practices as presented in The Cloud of Unknowing?January 162pmSitting in silence outside on the porch,The only sounds-birds singing,An occasional movement of the wind,And very faint voices from neighbors down the valley.Odd at how sound travels.And right now, there was the sound of a car, actually,What I heard was the sound of the road,A gritty gravel sound.My mind filled in the blanks,And I instantly labeled it, "a car driving nearby,"Though it could have been a truck.And now my sneezes and coughing,And blowing my nose, all disrupt the silenceA large crow just landed in my valley,Returning me to silence.January 17Sitting on the porch, all bundled up.Drinking Scottish Christmas tea and a banana, and one cookie.A large part of being in silence and solitude is simply listening.Even the wind down the valley.You can hear it as it makes it way up the hills,And now, I feel it against my body,It flaps the page of this journal book.And before you know it-It's gone, and the silence returns.Except for the birds, sound of distant dogs, chickens,And that same sound that cars/trucks make on the gravel road.12:30pmThe Cloud's author says:Forget what you know. Forget everything God made and everybody who exists and everything that's going on in the world, until your thoughts and emotions aren't focused on or reaching toward anything, not in a general way and not in any particular way. Let them be. For the moment, don't care about anything (11).And finally, why even bother to think? From the zuowang tradition:I forget the vastness even of Heaven and Earth,Never mind the minuteness of the hair in autumn.Resting in serenity and silence,I listen to Pure Harmony.Still, I am free, away from it all!Movement stilled, language silenced-Why ever think? (212).January 184:30 pmInspired from yesterday's research, and last full day of retreat.Forget everything,Put nothing, between myself,And the Great Emptiness of Ultimate Stillness.That's the nameless Dao!End of Retreat

Download or read book Qigong written by Michael Rinaldini and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-30 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As I was finishing my fourth book, back in late 2019, I decided to write a straightforward book on Qigong. I intended to start writing it during the 2020 summer. I had an idea of writing a book based on how I teach Qigong classes in Sebastopol, California.I would include Five Element considerations, and other relevant factors. And I would discuss the benefits for that specific exercise. That was my original intention, and I also intended to provide a concise introduction to Chinese Medicine.That was my plan, and still is but I decided to add a few other areas of concentration. The second area of concentration is a discussion of how to boost immunity.A weak immune system or what is referred to in Chinese medicine as the Wei Qi field is responsible for protecting the body from a host of illnesses. It is common in Chinese medicine to say that a strong Wei Qi field will protect you from the Rebellious Qi. Thus, I will include in this book a special section that deals with this subject.The third area of concentration is for students who are ready to go beyond the basics. They will find areas of study like the advanced Qigong State, and a specialized Qigong form called Chong Mai Qigong, and an advanced form of Daoist meditation called Zuowang.

Download or read book The Valley Spirit written by Lindsey Wei and published by Singing Dragon. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young woman, Lindsey Wei, graduates from high school in America and sets out to find her roots in China, questing for who she is and where her life path belongs. She discovers in herself a skill for martial arts and seeks the hidden knowledge of meditation. After three years of study in various martial styles and unveiling false teachers, she is finally led to the ancient Wudang Mountains. Here she meets a Daoist recluse, Li Shi Fu, who has renounced the world of the 'red dust' and long since retired into an isolated temple to cast oracles and read the stars. The coming together of these two extraordinary characters, master and disciple, begins a spiritual relationship taking the young adept on an unforgettable journey through the light and dark sides of modern China and deep into herself. Battling between earthly desires and heavenly knowledge, she makes the transformation into a dynamic and complete woman. A coming-of-age, personal account, the book describes the lived experiences of a profoundly sincere, bitter yet ultimately liberating female quest. It is written for anyone who ponders the true meaning of Chinese wisdom and the way of the Dao in the hope of discovering a deeper strength within themselves.

Download or read book Clouds Over Qingcheng Mountain written by Wang Yun and published by Singing Dragon. This book was released on 2020-09-21 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immersing the mind with the concepts of the Daoist path of health and immortality, Clouds over Qingcheng Mountain invokes the sacred birthplace of one of China's mystical mountains that has stimulated both mind and body for generations. Whilst the first volume, Climbing the Steps to Qingcheng Mountain, invited the reader to travel across time and through the history of China and Daoism, Clouds over Qingcheng Mountain is more focused in the book's purpose. Wang Yun places special focus on relaxation and the breath through five sets of foundational yet all-encompassing practices, such as posting, to deepen both themes. He offers tales from his life and journey, along with accessible tools to strengthen both body and qi. Bridging the gap between practical experience and philosophical background, Clouds over Qingcheng Mountain simplifies the complex practices of Daoism handed down by generations of accomplished Masters, and gifts the reader with its most valuable aspects for a modern world.

Download or read book Decoding the Dao written by Thomas Bisio and published by . This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Complete and Comprehensive Guide to Daoist Meditation. At its heart, Daoist meditation is a simple and practical method of establishing unity between our internal environment and the external world so that we can engage with life in a clear and present way. In Decoding the Dao: Nine Lessons in Daoist Meditation, author Tom Bisio introduces the reader to the poetry and pragmatism of Daoist meditation and the practice of Internal Alchemy. The first half this unique book consists of nine progressive lessons that guide the reader step by step through the practice of Daoist meditation, ending with an introduction to Daoist Internal Alchemy. The nine lessons teach the reader how to observe and transform their own internal landscape, in order to rejuvenate and replenish the body's innate energies, thereby promoting health and nourishing life and spirit. The lessons can be practiced in sequence or individually, providing the reader with a veritable toolbox of meditative practices that can be used flexibly to address different situations and circumstances. Each lesson contains both practice exercises and discussions of relevant topics to flesh out the reasoning behind the various methods of meditation and help the reader more deeply understand the principles and theories that underlie the practice. Beyond the nine lessons, additional chapters introduce advanced practices like the Greater Heavenly Orbit Meditation and other traditional Daoist methods of promoting health and longevity. This is followed by a unique discussion of Daoist symbolism and imagery and its relationship to meditation and internal alchemy. Daoist symbols and images act as a kind of code that, when decoded and understood, aid the meditator, giving him or her an alternative and imagery-rich language which bypasses habitual mental constructs and perceptual habits, facilitating the perception of subtle movements and changes within the body. This book "cracks the code," enabling the reader to fully en

Download or read book The Humanist Spirit of Daoism written by Guying Chen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-02-12 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Humanist Spirit of Daoism, Chen Guying presents a concise overview of his understanding of the meaning and significance of Daoist philosophy. Chen is a leading contemporary Chinese thinker and spokesperson for a new Daoist approach to existential and socio-political issues. He was born in mainland China in 1935, but after having resettled to Taiwan, he received his education there and was a student activist in the 1960s. He became famous in the Chinese-speaking world with his writings on Nietzsche, Laozi and Zhuangzi. At present he is a Professor at Peking University. This volume collects representative essays from the past 25 years which not only outline Chen’s interpretation of Daoism as a deeply humanist way of thinking and living, but also show how he employs this philosophy in a critique of totalitarianism and neo-imperialism.

Download or read book These Daoist Bones written by Gu Shen Yu and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Chronicles of Tao written by Ming-Dao Deng and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1993-10-08 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This extraordinary spiritual odyssey "transcends the tangible and points to the mysteries of all we can imagine and all we cannot" (Los Angeles Times). Part adventure, part parable, this true story of the making of a Taoist ma ster leads readers through a labyrinth of Taoist practice, martial arts discipline, and international intrigue. Line drawings.

Download or read book Being Daoist written by Stuart Olson and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-12-12 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being Daoist: The Way of Drifting with the Current (Revised Edition) provides an interpretation on the basic philosophical ideals of living and thinking as a Daoist. It serves as a primer for Westerners on Daoist teachings and practices, encapsulating the heart of what Stuart Alve Olson has learned from his teachers, from his many years of practicing, and from his study and translation of Daoist works. The chapters on Understanding the Way, The Way of Renewing Life, The Way of Wei Wu Wei, The Way of Immortals, and Following the Daoist Way offer insights into what it means to be Daoist by integrating Lao Zi's philosophy of naturalism into our lives in a Western context. One of the cornerstones of Being Daoist is living according to our Personal Dao, which allows us to achieve greater peace and contentment in our lives. In this book, Stuart Alve Olson explains the meaning of Personal Dao, and provides guidance on how we can connect with ours. Just as the Chinese character for Dao shows a person drifting along with the current of a watercourse way, finding and then following your Personal Dao is the essence of Being Daoist.

Download or read book The Sage s Tao Te Ching 20th Anniversary Edition written by William Martin and published by The Experiment. This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twentieth anniversary edition of William Martin’s free-verse interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, written expressly for those coming into the fullness of their wisdom Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching reminds its readers that the sage has been venerated in China for thousands of years. Twenty years ago, William Martin subtly and powerfully captured the complex emotions connected with growing older in this free-verse interpretation of the Tao. His words resonate just as much now, encouraging today’s sages to recognize their inestimable worth in a youth-centric world that often goes astray: “If there is to be a transformation, it will be the sages among us who will show the way. The elders, the wisewomen, the shamans, the grandmothers, and the grandfathers will provide the guidance, for they have undergone the necessary initiations . . . and emerged into the spaciousness of simplicity, freedom, and joy.”