Author: Livia Kohn

Qigong Journey: Nine-Five Maintenance of Qi

—Protect Your Life with Nine Palaces Daoist Qigong—

Qigong Journey brings students of Asian culture, Daoist philosophy, and the mind/body wellness connection directly into the mind of a master. Through the unparalleled knowledge and openness of Dr. Baolin Wu, take a journey through the many layers of the Daoist qigong experience. In this expansive volume, filled with personal anecdotes of life in the White Cloud Monastery, lies an in-depth exploration of the holistic and lyrical Daoist worldview, a shamanic experience both pragmatic and poetic. Discover the connection between the history and traditions of ancient understanding and the daily life we all lead today. The book is a practical manual detailing a complete, eight hundred year old protective qigong practice from the founder of the White Cloud Monastery itself, preserved in silence by the members of the White Cloud Monastery community until today. With painstaking, step-by-step instructions and beautiful illustrations by Oliver Benson, our beloved Qigong for Total Wellness artist, the goal of this book is to present the next level of Nine Palaces Daoist Qigong. Using a guided series of breath, visualization and internal isometric strengthening exercises, it is a life-changing physical training, focused on securing one’s body and consciousness in the midst of the very real health challenges, hardships and volatility of today’s world.

Author: Baolin Wu, Jessica Eckstein, Di Wu2021190 PagesISBN: 978-1-931483-47-6Cite

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Daoist Body Cultivation: Traditional Models and Contemporary Practices

This comprehensive volume covers the key practices of medical healing, breathing, diets, exercises, sexual practices, qigong, and taiji quan. Each presentation places the practice in its historical and cultural context and relates its current application and efficaciousness. Ultimately aiming to energetically transform the person into a spiritual and transcendent being, Daoist cultivation techniques have proven beneficial for health time and again and can make an important contribution in the world today. The book provides a deeper understanding of the practices in their cultural and historical contexts, bridging the gap between healing and religion.

Author: Livia Kohn, ed.2006245 PagesISBN: 978-1-931483-05-6Cite

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Health and Long Life: The Chinese Way

A comprehensive overview of the wide variety of Chinese medical and spiritual practices, this volume describes numerous different facets of Chinese healing and discusses their relationship to contemporary Western science and religious Daoism. It provides a clear outline of the worldview underlying the practices, focusing on Dao and qi as well as body and mind. It then describes the key features of diagnosis, acupuncture, and massage, followed by an outline of key longevity practices, including dietetics, herbal remedies, Feng Shui, self-massages, qigong, taiji quan, and meditation. Clear in presentation and lovingly illustrated, the book is a wonderful primer of all the different dimensions of Chinese health.

Author: Livia Kohn2005235 PagesISBN: 978-1-931483-03-2Cite

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A Source Book in Chinese Longevity

People today live longer than in any time in history and they want to stay young and active for many years to come. The Chinese have practiced longevity techniques for millennia, working with process-oriented and energy-based methods, and their literature is full of essential insights and practical guidelines. The Source Book is the first comprehensive collection of traditional Chinese longevity sources in English translation. Arranged chronologically, it presents materials from ancient medical manuscripts through medieval manuals and Daoist scriptures to late imperial works that specifically focus on women. Well organized and illustrated, it provides easy access to a treasure trove of information

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Daoist Dietetics: Food for Immortality

Daoist Dietetics provides an introductory overview of the main characteristics, historical developments, and recipes of the Daoist diet. It begins with two analytical parts: on medicinal diets and on they theory and history of Daoist nutrition. Beyond this, the book presents a number of translations of medieval documents on Daoist fasting. It concludes with a selection of recipes that can be easily used in a Western kitchen. An exciting new venture, Daoist Dietetics opens new insights into the longevity methods and religious technology of traditional China

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Internal Alchemy for Everyone

This book makes the self-cultivation of Daoist internal alchemy available to everyone. Avoiding predetermined academic categories, it provides an outline of basic concepts in conjunction with evolutionary theory as well as easily accessible practice instructions. Done correctly, the practice provides numerous benefits, including freedom from disease, an extended life expectancy, increased wisdom, and more. This helps everyone! The work opens the powerful esoteric system of internal alchemy to a wide, general audience, lifting it out of obscurity and mystification while yet retaining a strong hold in historical sources. A must-read for anyone interested in traditional Chinese cosmology, Daoist practice, and the active pursuit of a healthier and longer life!

Author: Chungtao Ho2018160 PagesISBN: 978-1-931483-38-4Cite

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The Literati Path to Immortality: The Alchemical Teachings of Lu Xixing

The Literati Path explores the life and teachings of the Ming author and alchemist Lu Xixing (1520-1601), who embodied the literati tradition of self-cultivation, learning internal alchemy from books and through spirit-writing seances with Lü Dongbin and other immortals. After presenting his biography, the book expounds the cosmological doctrines at the foundation of internal alchemy then moves on to describe just how the practice serves to overcome destiny, modeling techniques on biological gestation and creating a new being deep within. It explains major alchemical concepts as applied by Lu Xixing and systematically describes his path to immortality, all the while questioning the validity of his reputation as a sexual alchemist. Shedding fascinating new light on the religious life of Ming literati and providing a first access to a unique take on internal alchemy in late imperial China, The Literati Path to Immortality is a must for anyone interested in traditional Chinese religion and culture!

Author: Ilia Mozias2020240 PagesISBN: 978-1-931483-42-1Cite

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Daoist Internal Mastery

This book translates Master Wang’s original practice instructions and discourses given during training seminars. His system of internal alchemy goes back to two ancient Daoist texts: the 13^th-century Lingbao bifa, linked to the immortals Zhongli Quan and Lü Dongbin;and the 17^th-century Taiyi jinhua zongzhi (Secret of the Golden Flower), also connected to Lü. Together they are known as the Lingbao tong zhineng neigong shu (Arts of Internal Mastery, Wisdom, and Potential, Based on Numinous Treasure). The texts outline the concoction of a golden elixir through the dual cultivation of inner nature and life-destiny. This book follows the classics and presents all different kinds of techniques—including walking, pacing, sleeping, circulating the five phases, absorbing tree energy, and capturing planetary essences—in a systematic format and with a great amount of instructional detail. It contains a wealth of information invaluable to anyone interested in genuine Daoist cultivation and elucidates numerous rather obscure concepts to contextualize each practice.

Author: Liping Wang and Mark Bartosh2019420 PagesISBN: 978-1-931483-39-1Cite

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Meditation Works: In the Hindu, Buddhist, and Daoist Traditions

Based on extensive cultural studies and long years of practice, Livia Kohn here creates a new typology of meditation based on six distinct ways of accessing the subconscious. In a special chapter on each type, she outlines the physiology, world view, and traditional practice as well as its modern medical adaptations and organizational settings. Providing a thorough theoretical framework combined with a comprehensive, analytical overview and extensive practical applications, the book greatly advances our understanding of meditation.

Author: Livia Kohn2008260 PagesISBN: 978-1-931483-08-7Cite

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Sitting in Oblivion: The Heart of Daoist Meditation

Sitting in Oblivion outlines the history and intricacies of zuowang, an essential form of Daoist meditation. It divides into two parts. “Discussion” begins by placing the practice in the larger context of the phenomenology of meditation and Chinese religious history. It then discusses early forms, Tang developments, the Buddhist impact, and its role today. The part called “Translation” presents eight texts with ample annotation. Drawing on decades of Daoist scholarship and meditation experience, this book is the culmination of Kohn’s extensive, path-breaking work. It greatly enhances our understanding of the complex methods and concepts involved in attaining Dao.Based on extensive cultural studies and long years of practice, Livia Kohn here creates a new typology of meditation based on six distinct ways of accessing the subconscious. In a special chapter on each type, she outlines the physiology, world view, and traditional practice as well as its modern medical adaptations and organizational settings. Providing a thorough theoretical framework combined with a comprehensive, analytical overview and extensive practical applications, the book greatly advances our understanding of meditation.

Author: Livia Kohn2010245 PagesISBN: 978-1-931483-16-2Cite

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